Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey: Delivery times: 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. Based on firms' responses to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey carried out by the Dallas FED, the seasonally adjusted diffusion index for delivery times (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) stood at 2.3 in August 2025, versus -7.8 in July.
Sample. In the monthly time series presented in the plot, there are 255 data points in total. The series covers the time range going from June 2004 to August 2025.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few statistics we computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index had a mean value of 0.6; it registered a minimum of -23.8 in May 2009; it reached its highest level of 30.8 in March 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | -7.9 |
| 2025-07-31 | -7.8 |
| 2025-08-31 | 2.3 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did delivery times 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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