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. Based on firms' responses to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey carried out by the Dallas FED, the seasonally unadjusted diffusion index for unfilled orders (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) was 6.2 in October 2026, versus 20.7 in September.
Sample. There are 269 data points overall in the monthly series displayed in the figure above. The time range covered by the series goes from June 2004 to October 2026.
History. Take a look at a few descriptive statistics we computed on the full sample: the diffusion index reached a trough of -33.0 in November 2008; it recorded its maximum of 32.1 in September 2005; it had a mean of -2.6.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | -2.90000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 20.7000 |
| 2026-10-31 | 6.20000 |
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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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