Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Production: 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 production stood at 37.0 (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) in October 2026, versus 33.0 in September.
Sample. This monthly series has a total of 304 observations. The time range covered by the series stretches from July 2001 to October 2026.
History. Check out some statistics we calculated on the full sample: the diffusion index recorded a bottom of -35.0 in March 2020; it peaked at 56.0 in October 2003; it had an average value of 25.7.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | 33.0000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 33.0000 |
| 2026-10-31 | 37.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will production 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: Production |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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