Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey: Delivery times: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally unadjusted) - 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 unadjusted diffusion index for delivery times (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) was 2.5 in August 2025, compared to -6.2 in July 2025.
Sample. The monthly time series plotted above has 254 records in total. The series covers the time span stretching from June 2004 to August 2025.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few descriptive statistics calculated on the entire sample: the diffusion index recorded its maximum of 34.3 in May 2021; it reached a minimum of -21.6 in February 2009; it had an average value of 0.6.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | -5.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | -6.2 |
| 2025-08-31 | 2.5 |
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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 | No |
| 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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