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 -2.7 in January 2026, versus 4.0 in December 2025.
Sample. In this monthly time series, there are 260 observations in total. The span of time covered by the series stretches from June 2004 to January 2026.
History. Here are a few statistics calculated on the whole sample: the diffusion index was equal on average to 0.5; it recorded its highest level of 30.7 in March 2021; it recorded a minimum of -23.9 in May 2009.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | -7.9 |
| 2025-12-31 | 4.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | -2.7 |
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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) |
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