Kansas City Fed Services Survey: Input prices: Current (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 input prices (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) was 57.0 in September 2026, versus 47.0 in the previous month.
Sample. In this monthly time series, there are 153 data points in total. The time period covered by the series is from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few simple statistics calculated on the entire sample: the diffusion index averaged 35.5; it reached a minimum of -4.0 in April 2020; it hit a maximum of 77.0 in December 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 43.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 47.0000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 57.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did input prices 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 | 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: Input prices |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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