Average Fed Mfg Survey: Number of employees: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Average Fed Mfg Survey (FetchSeries Research)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. Based on an average of regional Federal Reserve manufacturing surveys, the seasonally adjusted diffusion index for number of employees was 8.9 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in September 2026, compared to 8.6 in the previous month.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are 268 records overall. The series covers the period extending from June 2004 to September 2026.
History. Have a look at some summary statistics computed on the entire sample: the diffusion index peaked at 27.0 in November 2021; it reached its minimum of -41.5 in March 2009; it had an average value of 5.1.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 7.52000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 8.64000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 8.90000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did the number of employees increase or decrease in the past month? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Coincident indicator of the business cycle |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Diffusion index (share of respondents reporting an increase minus share reporting a decrease) |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | FetchSeries Research calculations on Federal Reserve data |
| Source type | Data research lab |
| Data licence | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) + FetchSeries disclaimers |
| Other information | Arithmetic average across 5 regional Federal Reserve manufacturing surveys |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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