Average Fed Srv Survey: Prices received: 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 prices received was 35.6 (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) in September 2026, compared to 29.3 in August.
Sample. In the monthly series presented in the chart, there are 153 observations. The time period covered by the series stretches from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Check out a few summary statistics computed on the entire sample: the diffusion index had a mean value of 29.0; it reached a minimum of -15.4 in April 2020; it reached its highest level of 53.1 in July 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 31.6000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 29.3000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 35.6500 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will prices received 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 2 regional Federal Reserve services surveys |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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