Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey: Delivery times: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally adjusted) - United States - Dallas FED - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey (Dallas FED)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to survey data about manufacturers collected by the Federal Reserve in Texas, the seasonally adjusted diffusion index for delivery times (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) stood at -7.2 in October 2025, compared to -8.2 in September.
Sample. There are 257 observations overall in the monthly time series displayed in the graph above. The span of time covered by the series goes from June 2004 to October 2025.
History. Here are a few summary statistics we computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index hit a trough of -23.8 in May 2009; it peaked at 30.8 in March 2021; it had an average value of 0.5.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-08-31 | 2.3 |
| 2025-09-30 | -8.2 |
| 2025-10-31 | -7.2 |
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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 | Yes |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
| 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) |