Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey: Average employee workweek: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally adjusted) - United States - Dallas FED - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey (Dallas FED)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to recent survey data about manufacturing firms in Texas, the seasonally adjusted diffusion index for the average employee workweek (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) was 15.0 in August 2025, versus 7.7 in July 2025.
Sample. There are 255 observations in the monthly series presented in the figure above. The series covers the period stretching from June 2004 to August 2025.
History. Check out a few descriptive statistics computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index had a mean of 3.0; it reached a trough of -47.4 in March 2009; it reached its maximum of 24.4 in April 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | -8.4 |
| 2025-07-31 | 7.7 |
| 2025-08-31 | 15.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did the average employee workweek 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 Dallas |
| 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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