Kansas City Fed Services Survey: Part-time employment: 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 part-time employment (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) was -16.0 in September 2026, compared to -5.0 in August 2026.
Sample. The monthly series presented in the chart has 153 observations in total. The time period covered by the series is from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: the diffusion index averaged 1.5; it recorded a maximum of 21.0 in July 2021; it reached its lowest level of -31.0 in April 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 0 |
| 2026-08-31 | -5.00000 |
| 2026-09-30 | -16.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did part-time or temporary employment 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: Part-time employment |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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