Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Prices received: 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 received was 18.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in February 2026, the same as in the previous month.
Sample. There are 296 observations in the monthly series displayed in the plot above. The period covered by the series goes from July 2001 to February 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few statistics computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index reached its minimum of -18.0 in February 2009; it recorded its highest level of 59.0 in August 2021; it had a mean value of 8.6.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 19.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 18.0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 18.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did prices received 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 received |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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