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.