Kansas City Fed Services Survey: Number of employees: Future (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - Kansas City Fed - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Kansas City Fed Services Survey
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to recent survey data about services firms in the Tenth Federal Reserve District, the seasonally unadjusted diffusion index for number of employees (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) was -1.0 in September 2026, compared to -8.0 in August.
Sample. This monthly time series has 153 records in total. The series covers the time range stretching from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Have a look at a few descriptive statistics we calculated on the entire sample: the diffusion index had a mean value of 15.0; it recorded a bottom of -23.0 in March 2020; it recorded its highest level of 46.0 in March 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 6.00000 |
| 2026-08-31 | -8.00000 |
| 2026-09-30 | -1.00000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will the number of employees increase or decrease over the next six months? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Leading indicator of the business cycle |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Diffusion index (share of respondents reporting an increase minus share reporting a decrease) |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Reproduction allowed subject to conditions |
| Other information | FS correspondence: Number of employees |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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