Average Fed Srv Survey: General business activity: Future (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Average Fed Srv Survey (FetchSeries Research)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. Based on an average of regional Federal Reserve services surveys, the seasonally adjusted diffusion index for general business activity was 8.2 (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) in September 2026, compared to 8.4 in the previous month.
Sample. This monthly time series has 153 observations. The series covers the span of time going from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics calculated on the full sample: the diffusion index had a mean value of 24.0; it reached its lowest level of -40.0 in April 2020; it hit a maximum of 62.4 in June 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 20.8500 |
| 2026-08-31 | 8.42500 |
| 2026-09-30 | 8.25000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will general business activity increase or decrease over the next six months? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Leading 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 3 regional Federal Reserve services surveys |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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