Kansas City Fed Services Survey: Selling prices: Current (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 selling prices (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) was 21.0 in September 2026, compared to 8.0 in August.
Sample. In the monthly series displayed in the plot, there are a total of 153 observations. The time range covered by the series goes from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Have a look at a few descriptive statistics we computed on the entire sample: the diffusion index hit a peak of 59.0 in December 2021; it reached a trough of -33.0 in April 2020; it had a mean value of 16.3.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 12.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 8.00000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 21.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did selling 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 | 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: Selling prices |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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