Kansas City Fed Services Survey: Inventory levels: 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 inventory levels (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) was -2.0 in September 2026, compared to -8.0 in August.
Sample. There are 153 records in the monthly series presented in the plot above. The span of time covered by the series extends from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some descriptive statistics calculated on the entire sample: the diffusion index peaked at 25.0 in May 2019; it reached its lowest level of -18.0 in May 2020; it averaged 3.5.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 13.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | -8.00000 |
| 2026-09-30 | -2.00000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did inventory levels 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: Inventory levels |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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