Fifth District Survey of Manufacturing Activity: Vendor lead times: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - Richmond FED - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Fifth District Survey of Manufacturing Activity (Richmond FED)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to recent survey data about manufacturing firms in the Fifth District, the seasonally unadjusted diffusion index for vendor lead times (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) stood at 19.0 in October 2026, compared to 9.0 in September 2026.
Sample. The monthly time series presented in the plot has 364 records overall. The series covers the period stretching from July 1996 to October 2026.
History. Check out a few summary statistics we calculated on the entire sample: the diffusion index had a mean value of 6.4; it peaked at 73.0 in May 2021; it reached its minimum of -32.0 in December 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | 15.0000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 9.00000 |
| 2026-10-31 | 19.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did vendor lead times increase or decrease in the past month? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Coincident indicator of the business cycle |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Not copyrightable under U.S. law |
| Measure type | Diffusion index (share of respondents reporting an increase minus share reporting a decrease) |
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