Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: New orders for exports: 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 new orders for exports stood at -8.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in October 2026, compared to -1.0 in September 2026.
Sample. In the monthly time series plotted above, there are a total of 304 data points. The span of time covered by the series goes from July 2001 to October 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few descriptive statistics we computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index reached its highest level of 18.0 in March 2008; it reached its lowest level of -30.0 in April 2020; it had a mean of -0.4.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | -3.00000 |
| 2026-09-30 | -1.00000 |
| 2026-10-31 | -8.00000 |
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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 | 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: New orders for exports |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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