Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Production: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally adjusted) - 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 adjusted diffusion index for production was 11.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in March 2026, versus 10.0 in the previous month.
Sample. In this monthly time series, there are a total of 297 data points. The series covers the time range extending from July 2001 to March 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some statistics we computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index had a mean value of 6.9; it attained a maximum of 37.0 in May 2018; it recorded a bottom of -65.0 in April 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-31 | -2.0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 10.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 11.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did production 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 | Yes |
| 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: Production |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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