Average Fed Srv Survey: Prices received: Current (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 prices received was 22.7 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in September 2026, compared to 15.2 in August 2026.
Sample. There are 153 observations overall in the monthly time series presented in the chart above. The time range covered by the series goes from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some statistics we calculated on the full sample: the diffusion index recorded its maximum of 43.5 in February 2022; it reached a minimum of -22.5 in April 2020; it had a mean value of 15.0.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 18.8500 |
| 2026-08-31 | 15.2000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 22.7000 |
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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 | 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 4 regional Federal Reserve services surveys |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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