Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey: Selling prices: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - Dallas FED - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey (Dallas FED)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to recent survey data about service-sector firms in Texas, the seasonally unadjusted diffusion index for selling prices (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) stood at 13.2 in September 2026, compared to 7.3 in August 2026.
Sample. There are 237 records in the monthly series shown in the figure above. The series covers the time range extending from January 2007 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few descriptive statistics we calculated on the whole sample: the diffusion index reached its minimum of -29.2 in April 2020; it hit a maximum of 37.3 in March 2022; it averaged 7.5.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 14.6000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 7.30000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 13.2000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did selling prices 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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