New England Consumer Price Index Card

 

Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city averages and selected areas, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Item U.S. City
Average
Northeast
region
Boston-
Brockton-
Nashua
Jun
2008
Percent change from
Jun
2007
Jun
2008
Percent change from
Jun
2007
Jun
2008
Percent change from
Jun
2007

All Items

218.815 5.0 232.649 5.0    

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

655.474  

366.350  

   

Food and Beverages

213.383 5.2 217.241 4.7    

Food

213.243 5.3 216.856 4.8    

Food at home

213.171 6.1 216.993 5.1 215.394 3.0

Food away from home

215.015 4.4 219.696 4.3    

Alcoholic beverages

213.912 3.1 221.211 4.3    

Housing

217.941 3.5 245.344 3.9    

Shelter

247.083 2.5 286.537 2.1 273.355 0.2

Rent of primary residence (2)

242.640 3.7 273.571 3.7 271.722 1.3

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (2) (3)

252.170 2.6 293.568 2.1 282.211 -1.3

Fuels and utilities

231.412 12.2 246.288 17.9    

Household energy

213.762 13.7 235.551 19.5 248.662 30.7

Gas (piped) and electricity (2)

213.375 10.0 220.771 7.9 228.197 13.6

Electricity (2)

194.434 5.6 197.985 3.1 209.444 3.9

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

271.234 21.5 262.683 17.3 254.500 36.9

Household furnishings and operations

127.625 0.2 129.114 -0.4    

Apparel

117.019 -0.2 114.157 -2.0    

Transportation

211.787 12.0 208.424 11.7    

Private transportation

207.257 11.9 202.410 11.8    

Motor fuel

347.418 33.3 336.641 34.0 347.709 35.1

Gasoline

344.981 32.8 333.952 33.7 341.783 34.6

Medical Care

363.616 4.0 386.606 3.8    

Recreation (4)

112.991 1.3 116.074 2.4    

Education and Communication (4)

122.828 3.4 125.985 5.0    

Other Goods and Services

345.885 3.8 367.991 3.8    

Energy

275.621 24.7 277.910 26.5 290.939 33.5

Footnotes
(1) For the Northeast, December 1977 = 100.
(2) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
(3) Index is on a December 1982=100 base.
(4) Indexes are on a December 1997=100 base.

Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Boston-Brockton-Nashua includes the PMSAs of Boston, Brockton, Fitchburg-Leominster, Lawrence, Lowell, Manchester, Nashua, New Bedford, Portsmouth-Rochester, and Worcester.

 

Consumer Price Indexes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), U.S. city averages and selected areas, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Item U.S. City
Average
Northeast
region
Boston-
Brockton-
Nashua
Jun
2008
Percent change from
Jun
2007
Jun
2008
Percent change from
Jun
2007
Jun
2008
Percent change from
Jun
2007

All Items

215.223 5.6 229.829 5.5    

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

641.082  

358.981  

   

Food and Beverages

212.700 5.2 216.380 4.8    

Food

212.514 5.3 216.097 4.8    

Food at home

212.079 6.0 215.780 5.0 210.550 2.4

Food away from home

214.851 4.5 219.762 4.5    

Alcoholic beverages

213.976 3.0 218.639 4.2    

Housing

213.441 3.8 240.966 4.2    

Shelter

239.198 2.6 279.450 2.2 272.824 -0.2

Rent of primary residence (2)

241.623 3.6 271.164 3.6 271.722 1.3

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (2) (3)

228.536 2.6 258.272 2.1 248.015 -1.3

Fuels and utilities

228.843 12.0 241.561 17.2    

Household energy

209.843 13.3 229.884 18.5 231.670 26.6

Gas (piped) and electricity (2)

211.398 10.2 219.198 8.4 227.675 14.7

Electricity (2)

192.747 5.8 196.949 3.4 209.445 3.9

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

272.453 22.2 261.926 18.6 254.506 36.9

Household furnishings and operations

123.434 0.5 123.030 0.2    

Apparel

116.706 0.3 114.398 -0.7    

Transportation

213.633 12.9 214.760 13.4    

Private transportation

210.423 12.9 210.472 13.6    

Motor fuel

348.762 33.3 336.318 34.0 347.732 35.1

Gasoline

346.459 32.8 333.774 33.7 341.787 34.6

Medical Care

363.628 4.1 383.238 4.0    

Recreation (4)

109.905 1.1 115.826 3.1    

Education and Communication (4)

119.264 3.0 120.770 4.3    

Other Goods and Services

358.419 4.2 396.170 4.7    

Energy

277.597 25.1 277.302 26.7 281.459 32.6

Footnotes
(1) For the Northeast, December 1977 = 100.
(2) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
(3) Index is on a December 1982=100 base.
(4) Indexes are on a December 1997=100 base.

Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Boston-Brockton-Nashua includes the PMSAs of Boston, Brockton, Fitchburg-Leominster, Lawrence, Lowell, Manchester, Nashua, New Bedford, Portsmouth-Rochester, and Worcester.