Nonmanufacturing Business Outlook Survey: Prices received: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally adjusted) - United States - Philly FED - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Nonmanufacturing Business Outlook Survey (Philly FED)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to survey data about nonmanufacturing firms collected by the Federal Reserve in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, the seasonally adjusted diffusion index for prices received (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) was 20.0 in September 2026, compared to 10.3 in August.
Sample. The monthly time series displayed in the chart has 187 observations in total. The span of time covered by the series extends from March 2011 to September 2026.
History. Here are a few simple statistics we calculated on the entire sample: the diffusion index recorded a bottom of -15.5 in April 2020; it achieved a maximum of 43.1 in February 2022; it had a mean of 13.7.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 18.4000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 10.3000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 20.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did prices received increase or decrease in the past month? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Coincident indicator of the business cycle |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Not copyrightable under U.S. law |
| Measure type | Diffusion index (share of respondents reporting an increase minus share reporting a decrease) |
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