Kansas City Fed Services Survey: Selling prices: 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 selling prices (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) was 25.0 in September 2026, compared to 14.0 in August 2026.
Sample. This monthly time series has 153 observations. The series covers the time period going from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some summary statistics we computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index reached its lowest level of -33.0 in April 2020; it hit a peak of 55.0 in December 2021; it had a mean value of 16.4.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 14.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 14.0000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 25.0000 |
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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 | 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: Selling prices |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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