Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Delivery times: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally unadjusted) - 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 unadjusted diffusion index for delivery times was 21.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in October 2026, versus 16.0 in September.
Sample. There are 304 observations overall in the monthly time series displayed in the graph above. The time range covered by the series is from July 2001 to October 2026.
History. Have a look at some summary statistics computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index reached a maximum of 57.0 in November 2021; it reached its minimum of -10.0 in October 2001; it had an average value of 7.8.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | 9.00000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 16.0000 |
| 2026-10-31 | 21.0000 |
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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 | 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 | 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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