Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey: Company outlook: Current (improvement vs worsening; 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. Based on firms' responses to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey carried out by the Dallas FED, the seasonally adjusted diffusion index for company outlook (share of CEOs seeing a recent improvement minus share reporting a worsening) was 8.7 in September 2026, versus 19.2 in the previous month.
Sample. This monthly time series has 268 data points. The series covers the time span extending from June 2004 to September 2026.
History. Check out a few statistics we computed on the entire sample: the diffusion index was equal on average to 4.2; it hit a minimum of -65.2 in March 2020; it hit a maximum of 48.2 in June 2004.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 13.4000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 19.2000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 8.70000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did the outlook of your company improve or worsen 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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