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 22.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in October 2026, versus 19.0 in September.
Sample. There are 304 data points in the monthly series presented in the figure above. The series covers the time span stretching from July 2001 to October 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some simple statistics computed on the entire sample: the diffusion index had an average value of 7.9; it reached its lowest level of -11.0 in February 2024; it recorded its highest level of 59.0 in November 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | 7.00000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 19.0000 |
| 2026-10-31 | 22.0000 |
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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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