Kansas City Fed Services Survey: Credit conditions: Future (improvement vs worsening; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally adjusted) - 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 adjusted diffusion index for credit conditions (share of CEOs seeing a future improvement minus share forecasting a worsening) stood at -7.0 in September 2026, compared to 0.0 in the previous month.
Sample. The monthly series shown in the plot has 153 records overall. The span of time covered by the series is from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Check out a few descriptive statistics calculated on the whole sample: the diffusion index was equal on average to 0.4; it reached its lowest level of -16.0 in October 2023; it recorded a maximum of 12.0 in October 2014.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | -2.00000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 |
| 2026-09-30 | -7.00000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will credit conditions or access to credit improve or worsen over the next six months? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Leading 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: Credit conditions |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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