Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey: Growth rate of orders: 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 recent survey data about manufacturing firms in Texas, the seasonally unadjusted diffusion index for the growth rate of orders (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) was 5.8 in August 2026, compared to -6.3 in July 2026.
Sample. There are 266 records overall in the monthly series presented in the chart above. The span of time covered by the series stretches from June 2004 to August 2026.
History. Have a look at a few descriptive statistics we computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index peaked at 36.8 in April 2021; it recorded a minimum of -58.8 in April 2020; it had a mean of -1.2.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 0.0 |
| 2026-07-31 | -6.3 |
| 2026-08-31 | 5.8 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did the growth rate of orders 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) |
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