Average Fed Srv Survey: Part-time employment: Future (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally unadjusted) - 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 unadjusted diffusion index for part-time employment was 1.4 (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) in September 2026, compared to 0.0 in August.
Sample. There are 153 data points overall in the monthly series displayed in the graph above. The series covers the period extending from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few descriptive statistics we computed on the full sample: the diffusion index reached its maximum of 17.1 in January 2014; it reached a minimum of -18.9 in March 2020; it had a mean value of 5.4.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 1.55000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0.0500000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 1.35000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will part-time employment 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 | No |
| 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 2 regional Federal Reserve services surveys |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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