Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Prices received: 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 prices received was 57.0 (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) in October 2026, versus 60.0 in the previous month.
Sample. There are 304 records overall in the monthly series displayed in the figure above. The span of time covered by the series stretches from July 2001 to October 2026.
History. Take a look at a few descriptive statistics computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index registered a minimum of -12.0 in October 2002; it recorded its maximum of 72.0 in March 2022; it averaged 26.7.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | 56.0000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 60.0000 |
| 2026-10-31 | 57.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will prices received 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: Prices received |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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