Average Fed Mfg Survey: Prices received: 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 prices received was 31.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in September 2026, compared to 24.8 in August.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are 268 records. The series covers the time period stretching from June 2004 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some summary statistics calculated on the full sample: the diffusion index recorded a minimum of -29.1 in April 2009; it hit a maximum of 53.5 in November 2021; it had a mean of 11.7.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 27.1500 |
| 2026-08-31 | 24.7750 |
| 2026-09-30 | 31.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did prices received 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 4 regional Federal Reserve manufacturing surveys |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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