Kansas City Fed Services Survey: Capital expenditures: 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 Services Survey
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to recent survey data about services firms in the Tenth Federal Reserve District, the seasonally unadjusted diffusion index for capital expenditures (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) was 14.0 in September 2026, the same value recorded in August.
Sample. There are 153 data points overall in the monthly time series displayed in the chart above. The series covers the span of time extending from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics we computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index hit a peak of 35.0 in May 2019; it hit a minimum of -32.0 in April 2020; it had an average value of 13.9.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 21.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 14.0000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 14.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will capital expenditures 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: Capital expenditures |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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