Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Delivery times: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally adjusted) - United States - Kansas City Fed - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to recent survey data about manufacturing firms in the Tenth Federal Reserve District, the seasonally adjusted diffusion index for delivery times was 7.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in February 2026, compared to 8.0 in January.
Sample. There are 296 observations in the monthly time series presented in the figure above. The time period covered by the series extends from July 2001 to February 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics we calculated on the full sample: the diffusion index hit a trough of -11.0 in February 2024; it reached its maximum of 59.0 in November 2021; it had a mean of 7.6.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 7.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 8.0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 7.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did delivery times 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 | 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 | Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Reproduction allowed subject to conditions |
| Other information | FS correspondence: Delivery times |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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