Kansas City Fed Services Survey: Selling prices: Current (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 selling prices (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) was 25.0 in September 2026, versus 14.0 in August.
Sample. There are 153 data points overall in the monthly series shown in the chart above. The series covers the span of time extending from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at some simple statistics calculated on the full sample: the diffusion index hit a peak of 55.0 in December 2021; it reached a trough of -33.0 in April 2020; it had an average value of 16.4.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 14.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 14.0000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 25.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did selling prices increase or decrease in the past month? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Coincident 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: Selling prices |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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