Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey: General business activity: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally adjusted) - United States - Dallas FED - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey (Dallas FED)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to recent survey data about service-sector firms in Texas, the seasonally adjusted diffusion index for general business activity (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) was -1.8 in September 2026, compared to 4.2 in the previous month.
Sample. In the monthly series plotted above, there are 237 data points in total. The series covers the time span extending from January 2007 to September 2026.
History. Here are some simple statistics we calculated on the full sample: the diffusion index had a mean value of 1.8; it achieved a maximum of 42.9 in May 2021; it reached a minimum of -82.4 in April 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 6.60000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 4.20000 |
| 2026-09-30 | -1.80000 |
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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 | 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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