Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey: Selling prices: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally unadjusted) - 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. Based on firms' responses to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey carried out by the Dallas FED, the seasonally unadjusted diffusion index for selling prices (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) was 13.2 in September 2026, versus 7.3 in August 2026.
Sample. In this monthly time series, there are 237 observations. The span of time covered by the series is from January 2007 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at a few simple statistics we computed on the full sample: the diffusion index recorded a maximum of 37.3 in March 2022; it hit a minimum of -29.2 in April 2020; it averaged 7.5.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 14.6000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 7.30000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 13.2000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did selling prices 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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