New York Office Internet Address: http://www.bls.gov/ro2/home.htm Media Contact: Michael L. Dolfman,(212) 337-2500 Information: Martin Kohli,(646) 264-3620 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, NEW YORK-NORTHERN NEW JERSEY: MAY 2009 Area prices rose 0.2 percent in May; down 0.1 percent over the year- first drop since 1956 Retail prices in the greater New York area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), edged up 0.2 percent in May for the third consecutive month. Michael L. Dolfman, Regional Commissioner of the U. S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, attributed the May increase primarily to higher prices for transportation. The rise was partially offset by lower prices for housing as well as for food and beverages. For the 12 months ended in May 2009, the CPI-U decreased 0.1 percent, the first over-the-year drop since 1956. The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.4 percent. With the New York-Northern New Jersey CPI-U at 235.975 in May (1982-84=100), $23.60 was required to purchase what $10 could in the 1982-84 base period. The purchasing power of the dollar was 42.4 cents in 1982-84 dollars and 14.7 cents in 1967 dollars. In May, the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI- W) was 230.307, up 0.3 percent. The CPI-W fell 0.3 percent over the year. On a 1967 base, the April CPI-W was 655.742. Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences. The New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Conn.-Pa. consolidated area comprises the five boroughs of New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, and Orange Counties in New York State; Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Monmouth, Middlesex, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren Counties in New Jersey; Fairfield County and parts of Litchfield, New Haven and Middlesex Counties in Connecticut; and Pike County in Pennsylvania. NYLS - 7380 Labor - New York 06/15/09 Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Indexes and percent changes for selected periods New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted) Indexes Percent change from- Item and Group Mar. Apr. May May Mar. Apr. 2009 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 Expenditure category All items................................ 235.067 235.582 235.975 -0.1 0.4 0.2 All items (1967=100)..................... 679.546 681.035 682.171 - - - Food and beverages...................... 227.880 227.956 227.592 2.9 -.1 -.2 Food................................... 227.244 227.236 226.791 2.9 -.2 -.2 Food at home.......................... 227.340 226.657 225.640 2.4 -.7 -.4 Food away from home................... 233.199 234.007 234.244 3.5 .4 .1 Alcoholic beverages.................... 233.043 234.391 235.253 3.1 .9 .4 Housing................................. 257.491 257.062 256.573 1.3 -.4 -.2 Shelter................................ 311.959 312.320 311.898 2.9 .0 -.1 Rent of primary residence 1/.......... 306.714 307.816 308.207 5.3 .5 .1 Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence 1/2/...................... 319.755 320.205 320.917 3.4 .4 .2 Fuels and utilities.................... 196.734 191.253 189.738 -8.5 -3.6 -.8 Household energy...................... 197.776 191.617 189.769 -9.9 -4.0 -1.0 Gas (piped) and electricity 1/....... 197.572 190.124 188.011 -3.4 -4.8 -1.1 Electricity 1/...................... 178.535 176.180 178.303 4.0 -.1 1.2 Utility (piped) gas service 1/...... 233.726 214.736 202.854 -15.7 -13.2 -5.5 Household furnishings and operations... 125.852 126.146 126.125 -1.8 .2 .0 Apparel................................. 115.284 114.781 114.625 1.5 -.6 -.1 Transportation.......................... 180.067 183.006 187.017 -11.6 3.9 2.2 Private transportation................. 169.518 172.814 177.567 -12.2 4.7 2.8 Motor fuel............................ 152.721 160.420 177.544 -39.7 16.3 10.7 Gasoline (all types)................. 151.877 159.618 177.011 -39.6 16.5 10.9 Gasoline, unleaded regular 3/....... 151.915 160.327 178.411 -40.3 17.4 11.3 Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 3/ 4/... 155.371 161.939 178.114 -38.3 14.6 10.0 Gasoline, unleaded premium 3/....... 154.145 160.402 176.508 -37.9 14.5 10.0 Medical care............................ 370.132 369.630 369.782 .0 -.1 .0 Recreation 5/........................... 116.071 117.363 117.106 1.8 .9 -.2 Education and communication 5/.......... 133.355 133.624 133.760 4.2 .3 .1 Other goods and services................ 354.342 359.362 360.425 4.9 1.7 .3 Commodity and service group All items................................ 235.067 235.582 235.975 -.1 .4 .2 Commodities............................. 172.523 174.002 175.320 -4.7 1.6 .8 Commodities less food and beverages.... 137.268 139.352 141.418 -9.8 3.0 1.5 Nondurables less food and beverages... 162.991 165.186 168.614 -13.7 3.4 2.1 Durables.............................. 103.139 105.022 105.470 -1.9 2.3 .4 Services................................ 288.486 288.200 287.824 2.4 -0.2 -0.1 Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care............. 228.933 229.478 229.875 -.1 .4 .2 All items less shelter................... 204.680 205.270 206.023 -2.0 .7 .4 Commodities less food.................... 141.008 143.085 145.129 -9.3 2.9 1.4 Nondurables.............................. 196.684 197.897 199.560 -5.3 1.5 .8 Nondurables less food.................... 167.273 169.430 172.734 -12.6 3.3 2.0 Services less rent of shelter 2/......... 272.298 271.220 270.897 1.7 -.5 -.1 Services less medical care services...... 281.058 280.774 280.371 2.5 -.2 -.1 Energy................................... 179.791 179.376 185.418 -24.7 3.1 3.4 All items less energy.................... 242.107 242.717 242.560 2.4 .2 -.1 All items less food and energy.......... 246.322 247.053 246.949 2.4 .3 .0 1/ This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 2/ Index is on a December 1982=100 base. 3/ Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 4/ Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 5/ Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. - Data not available. Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) All items Indexes Percent change to Percent change to CPI-U Pricing May 2009 from--Apr. 2009 from-- schedule 1/ Feb. Mar. Apr. May May Mar. Apr. Apr. Feb. Mar. 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 U.S. city average........................... M 212.193 212.709 213.240 213.856 -1.3 0.5 0.3 -0.7 0.5 0.2 Region 2/ Northeast urban............................. M 226.754 227.309 227.840 228.136 -0.8 0.4 0.1 -0.1 0.5 0.2 Midwest urban............................... M 201.453 202.021 202.327 203.195 -1.9 0.6 0.4 -1.5 0.4 0.2 South urban................................. M 205.343 206.001 206.657 207.265 -1.3 0.6 0.3 -0.7 0.6 0.3 West urban.................................. M 217.095 217.357 217.910 218.567 -1.1 0.6 0.3 -0.7 0.4 0.3 Selected local areas 5/ Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI.............. M 207.367 207.462 207.886 209.809 -2.4 1.1 0.9 -2.2 0.3 0.2 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA..... M 221.439 221.376 221.693 222.522 -1.8 0.5 0.4 -1.3 0.1 0.1 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA............................. M 234.663 235.067 235.582 235.975 -0.1 0.4 0.2 0.8 0.4 0.2 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT......... 1 - 232.155 - 231.891 -1.5 -0.1 - - - - Cleveland-Akron, OH......................... 1 - 199.457 - 200.196 -2.3 0.4 - - - - Dallas-Fort Worth, TX....................... 1 - 200.039 - 199.311 -1.5 -0.4 - - - - Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6/........ 1 - 138.620 - 139.311 -0.2 0.5 - - - - Atlanta, GA................................. 2 199.190 - 199.210 - - - - -3.5 0.0 - Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI................. 2 201.913 - 202.373 - - - - -1.4 0.2 - Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX.............. 2 187.972 - 189.701 - - - - 0.5 0.9 - Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL................... 2 220.589 - 220.740 - - - - -0.3 0.1 - Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD............................. 2 220.262 - 221.686 - - - - -0.9 0.6 - San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA.......... 2 222.166 - 223.854 - - - - 0.8 0.8 - Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................ 2 224.737 - 225.918 - - - - 1.2 0.5 - U.S. CPI-U All Items, 1967 base is 640.616. The seasonally adjusted All Items index increased 0.1 percent from April and May. Table 3. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) All items Indexes Percent change to Percent change to CPI-W Pricing May 2009 from--Apr. 2009 from-- schedule 1/ Feb. Mar. Apr. May May Mar. Apr. Apr. Feb. Mar. 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 U.S. city average........................... M 206.708 207.218 207.925 208.774 -1.9 0.8 0.4 -1.3 0.6 0.3 Region 2/ Northeast urban............................. M 222.945 223.626 224.252 224.748 -1.0 0.5 0.2 -0.2 0.6 0.3 Midwest urban............................... M 195.813 196.453 196.933 197.971 -2.4 0.8 0.5 -1.9 0.6 0.2 South urban................................. M 201.150 201.737 202.619 203.500 -2.1 0.9 0.4 -1.5 0.7 0.4 West urban.................................. M 210.492 210.661 211.386 212.263 -1.7 0.8 0.4 -1.4 0.4 0.3 Selected local areas 5/ Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI.............. M 199.944 200.218 200.607 202.464 -2.8 1.1 0.9 -2.6 0.3 0.2 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA..... M 213.234 213.013 213.405 214.446 -2.4 0.7 0.5 -2.1 0.1 0.2 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA............................. M 228.653 229.064 229.639 230.307 -0.3 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.3 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT......... 1 - 231.884 - 231.420 -1.7 -0.2 - - - - Cleveland-Akron, OH......................... 1 - 190.107 - 191.297 -2.3 0.6 - - - - Dallas-Fort Worth, TX....................... 1 - 200.770 - 200.955 -2.6 0.1 - - - - Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6/....... 1 - 137.539 - 138.510 -0.6 0.7 - - - - Atlanta, GA................................. 2 197.528 - 197.676 - - - - -3.9 0.1 - Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI................. 2 196.191 - 197.239 - - - - -1.9 0.5 - Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX.............. 2 185.015 - 186.970 - - - - -0.8 1.1 - Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL................... 2 217.635 - 217.900 - - - - -0.7 0.1 - Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD............................. 2 219.356 - 220.732 - - - - -1.1 0.6 - San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA.......... 2 216.797 - 218.587 - - - - 0.3 0.8 - Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................ 2 218.752 - 220.208 - - - - 0.8 0.7 - U.S. CPI-W All Items, 1967 base is 621.875. The seasonally adjusted All Items index increased 0.1 percent from April and May. 1/ Areas on pricing schedule 2 will appear next month. 2/ Regions defined as the four Census regions. 3/ Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4/ Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5/ In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 6/ Indexes on a November 1996=100 base. - Data not available.
Last Modified Date: June 17, 2009
