Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Prices paid: 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 prices paid was 69.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in October 2026, versus 65.0 in September.
Sample. There are 304 observations overall in the monthly time series shown in the figure above. The series covers the time range stretching from July 2001 to October 2026.
History. Take a look at a few descriptive statistics we calculated on the whole sample: the diffusion index averaged 28.3; it registered a minimum of -34.0 in January 2009; it reached its maximum of 88.0 in May 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | 53.0000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 65.0000 |
| 2026-10-31 | 69.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did prices paid 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: Prices paid |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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