Kansas City Fed Services Survey: Part-time employment: Future (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 future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) stood at -1.0 in September 2026, compared to -4.0 in August.
Sample. This monthly time series has 153 data points in total. The time period covered by the series goes from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few descriptive statistics computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index was equal on average to 3.3; it recorded a maximum of 22.0 in December 2014; it recorded a minimum of -14.0 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 | 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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