Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: New orders for exports: 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 new orders for exports was -6.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in January 2026, versus -5.0 in December 2025.
Sample. In this monthly time series, there are a total of 295 records. The series covers the time period going from July 2001 to January 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some summary statistics we calculated on the whole sample: the diffusion index had a mean value of -0.3; it achieved a maximum of 18.0 in May 2008; it recorded a minimum of -29.0 in April 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | -4.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | -5.0 |
| 2026-01-01 | -6.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did new orders for export 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: New orders for exports |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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