Kansas City Fed Services Survey: Selling prices: Future (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally adjusted) - 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 adjusted diffusion index for selling prices (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) stood at 37.0 in September 2026, versus 31.0 in August 2026.
Sample. In the monthly time series presented in the plot, there are 153 observations in total. The time range covered by the series extends from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here are a few simple statistics computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index recorded a bottom of -16.0 in April 2020; it reached its maximum of 68.0 in July 2021; it averaged 31.5.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 38.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 31.0000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 37.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will selling prices 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 | Yes |
| 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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