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
May
2009		 Percent change from
May
2008		 May
2009		 Percent change from
May
2008		 May
2009		 Percent change from
May
2008

All Items

 213.856 -1.3 228.136 -0.8 231.891 -1.5

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

640.616   359.244   673.998  

Food and Beverages

 218.076 2.7 223.364 3.0 228.812 3.3

Food

 217.826 2.7 222.862 2.9 228.869 3.2

Food at home

 215.088 1.5 221.287 2.1 222.447 3.3

Food away from home

 223.023 4.2 227.945 4.0 240.793 3.1

Alcoholic beverages

 220.005 3.0 228.890 3.9 230.328 4.1

Housing

 216.971 0.5 242.200 0.2 232.656 -1.9

Shelter

 249.779 1.5 290.563 2.1 275.399 1.6

Rent of primary residence (2)

249.069 3.0 283.074 4.0 277.604 2.1

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

256.875 2.1 300.754 2.7 288.913 2.2

Fuels and utilities

 206.358 -6.2 204.506 -11.6 202.423 -24.1

Household energy

 183.783 -8.7 189.016 -13.9 173.058 -26.6

Gas (piped) and electricity (2)

189.619 -5.7 196.033 -5.1 181.628 -16.9

Electricity (2)

191.066 4.8 189.455 3.3 208.243 0.5

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

182.464 -29.4 198.620 -20.8 120.168 -47.9

Household furnishings and operations

 129.644 1.6 129.805 0.7 128.187 0.7

Apparel

 121.751 0.8 120.491 1.4 134.904 5.2

Transportation

 175.997 -14.3 176.041 -13.0 164.273 -14.2

Private transportation

 171.757 -14.6 170.461 -13.4 163.448 -14.5

Motor fuel

 193.609 -39.9 188.335 -39.7 191.860 -40.2

Gasoline

 193.727 -39.4 187.816 -39.4 190.183 -39.7

Medical Care

 375.026 3.2 395.546 2.4 524.580 5.9

Recreation (4)

114.264 1.1 117.244 1.4 121.443 2.5

Education and Communication (4)

126.467 3.4 130.868 4.4 137.078 4.8

Other Goods and Services

 369.901 7.3 392.734 7.9 403.841 10.4

Energy

 186.909 -27.3 188.600 -27.1 180.609 -33.6

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.

 

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
May
2009		 Percent change from
May
2008		 May
2009		 Percent change from
May
2008		 May
2009		 Percent change from
May
2008

All Items

 208.774 -1.9 224.748 -1.0 231.420 -1.7

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

621.875   351.044   668.887  

Food and Beverages

 217.308 2.8 222.380 3.1 226.479 3.5

Food

 216.975 2.7 221.983 3.0 226.840 3.5

Food at home

 213.876 1.5 219.880 2.1 218.043 3.6

Food away from home

 223.082 4.4 228.389 4.3 244.636 3.3

Alcoholic beverages

 220.729 3.4 226.460 4.1 224.019 4.1

Housing

 212.881 0.8 239.092 0.6 233.475 -1.3

Shelter

 242.941 1.9 285.547 2.8 277.085 1.9

Rent of primary residence (2)

247.710 2.9 280.144 3.8 277.604 2.1

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

232.739 2.1 264.826 2.8 253.905 2.2

Fuels and utilities

 205.270 -5.6 203.554 -10.4 199.689 -21.3

Household energy

 181.977 -7.9 187.790 -12.6 169.534 -23.1

Gas (piped) and electricity (2)

187.982 -5.6 195.123 -5.0 182.376 -16.5

Electricity (2)

188.761 4.6 188.389 3.1 208.243 0.5

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

181.583 -30.2 197.840 -21.0 120.171 -47.9

Household furnishings and operations

 125.589 1.9 124.141 1.2 127.640 1.0

Apparel

 121.364 0.8 120.993 1.7 147.149 6.2

Transportation

 173.055 -16.3 174.496 -16.0 165.489 -17.9

Private transportation

 169.957 -16.6 170.165 -16.5 163.617 -18.3

Motor fuel

 194.339 -39.9 188.457 -39.7 191.884 -40.2

Gasoline

 194.569 -39.4 188.003 -39.3 190.185 -39.7

Medical Care

 375.420 3.3 392.490 2.4 520.093 6.8

Recreation (4)

111.152 1.2 117.183 1.8 126.584 2.5

Education and Communication (4)

122.293 3.0 125.193 4.2 131.002 4.6

Other Goods and Services

 394.061 10.5 438.411 12.9 462.670 16.3

Energy

 186.321 -28.0 187.045 -27.6 176.578 -32.9

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.