Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey: Shipments: 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 recent survey data about manufacturing firms in Texas, the seasonally adjusted diffusion index for shipments (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) stood at 14.2 in August 2025, compared to 2.7 in July 2025.
Sample. In the monthly time series presented in the plot, there are 255 records in total. The series covers the period going from June 2004 to August 2025.
History. Check out a few statistics we computed on the full sample: the diffusion index had a mean value of 7.9; it reached its lowest level of -58.5 in April 2020; it recorded a maximum of 47.5 in February 2006.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | -7.3 |
| 2025-07-31 | 2.7 |
| 2025-08-31 | 14.2 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did shipments 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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