Kansas City Fed Services Survey: Part-time employment: Future (increase vs decrease; 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 part-time employment (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) stood at -1.0 in September 2026, versus -4.0 in the previous month.
Sample. There are 153 observations in the monthly series displayed in the chart above. The period covered by the series stretches from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some descriptive statistics calculated on the entire sample: the diffusion index had a mean of 3.3; it peaked at 20.0 in April 2022; it reached a minimum of -13.0 in March 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 2.00000 |
| 2026-08-31 | -4.00000 |
| 2026-09-30 | -1.00000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will part-time or temporary employment 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 | 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: Part-time employment |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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