Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey: General business activity: 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. Based on firms' responses to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey carried out by the Dallas FED, the seasonally unadjusted diffusion index for general business activity (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) was -4.9 in August 2025, versus -3.7 in July 2025.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are 254 observations. The series covers the period extending from June 2004 to August 2025.
History. Check out a few summary statistics calculated on the whole sample: the diffusion index peaked at 48.7 in June 2004; it recorded a minimum of -68.5 in April 2020; it had a mean value of 0.3.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | -11.3 |
| 2025-07-31 | -3.7 |
| 2025-08-31 | -4.9 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did general business activity 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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