Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey: Delivery times: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - Philly FED - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey (Philly FED)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to survey data about manufacturers based in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, the seasonally unadjusted diffusion index for delivery times (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) was 13.8 in July 2026, compared to 0.0 in June.
Sample. There are 699 records overall in the monthly series presented in the plot above. The series covers the time span stretching from May 1968 to July 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some simple statistics we calculated on the whole sample: the diffusion index had a mean value of -2.2; it reached a maximum of 41.8 in March 2022; it recorded a minimum of -36.0 in June 1980.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | -7.7 |
| 2026-06-30 | 0.0 |
| 2026-07-31 | 13.8 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did delivery times increase or decrease in the past month? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Coincident indicator of the business cycle |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Not copyrightable under U.S. law |
| Measure type | Diffusion index (share of respondents reporting an increase minus share reporting a decrease) |
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