Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey: Unfilled 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 survey data about manufacturers collected by the Federal Reserve in Texas, the seasonally unadjusted diffusion index for unfilled orders (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) stood at -2.9 in August 2026, compared to -3.2 in July.
Sample. There are 266 data points in the monthly time series presented in the plot above. The time period covered by the series is from June 2004 to August 2026.
History. Check out a few statistics we calculated on the full sample: the diffusion index hit a peak of 32.1 in September 2005; it reached a trough of -33.0 in November 2008; it had an average value of -2.7.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | -1.6 |
| 2026-07-31 | -3.2 |
| 2026-08-31 | -2.9 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did unfilled 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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