Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Number of employees: Future (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 number of employees was 11.0 (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) in January 2026, compared to 22.0 in December 2025.
Sample. There are 295 records overall in the monthly time series shown in the chart above. The series covers the time range going from July 2001 to January 2026.
History. Check out some statistics calculated on the entire sample: the diffusion index reached a maximum of 56.0 in January 2022; it reached a trough of -36.0 in February 2009; it averaged 14.9.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 13.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 22.0 |
| 2026-01-01 | 11.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will the number of employees increase or decrease over the next six months? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Leading 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: Number of employees |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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