Kansas City Fed Services Survey: Selling prices: 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 selling prices (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) was 34.0 in September 2026, compared to 30.0 in the previous month.
Sample. There are 153 data points in the monthly series displayed in the figure above. The period covered by the series goes from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Have a look at some summary statistics we calculated on the full sample: the diffusion index had an average value of 31.4; it registered a minimum of -16.0 in April 2020; it recorded its highest level of 62.0 in July 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 35.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 30.0000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 34.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will selling prices 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: Selling prices |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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