Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey: Inventories: 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 survey data about manufacturers collected by the Federal Reserve in Texas, the seasonally adjusted diffusion index for inventories (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) stood at 3.8 in August 2025, compared to -11.2 in the previous month.
Sample. In this monthly time series, there are 255 records overall. The series covers the time span stretching from June 2004 to August 2025.
History. Check out some descriptive statistics we computed on the full sample: the diffusion index reached a minimum of -29.7 in July 2009; it recorded a maximum of 21.6 in October 2006; it had a mean of -3.2.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | -11.3 |
| 2025-07-31 | -11.2 |
| 2025-08-31 | 3.8 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did finished goods inventories 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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