Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey: Delivery times: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally unadjusted) - 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 unadjusted diffusion index for delivery times (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) stood at -9.6 in October 2025, compared to -6.9 in September 2025.
Sample. There are 256 records overall in the monthly time series shown in the figure above. The time period covered by the series is from June 2004 to October 2025.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics we calculated on the full sample: the diffusion index averaged 0.5; it recorded its maximum of 34.3 in May 2021; it recorded a bottom of -21.6 in February 2009.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-08-31 | 2.5 |
| 2025-09-30 | -6.9 |
| 2025-10-31 | -9.6 |
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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 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) |