The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Northeast region increased 0.8 percent in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The all items less food and energy index also rose 0.8 percent in January, accounting for over seventy percent of the monthly all items increase. Energy prices advanced 2.8 percent while food prices were up 0.5 percent over the month. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

The Northeast all items CPI-U increased 3.7 percent for the 12 months ending in January. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 4.1 percent over the year, accounting for over eighty percent of the twelve-month all items increase. Food prices were up 2.0 percent and energy prices rose 3.1 percent over the year.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Northeast region, January 2022–January 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Jan 2022	6.3	4.6
Feb 2022	6.6	5.0
Mar 2022	7.3	5.0
Apr 2022	7.2	4.9
May 2022	7.5	4.6
Jun 2022	7.6	4.4
Jul 2022	7.3	4.3
Aug 2022	7.4	5.0
Sep 2022	7.2	5.4
Oct 2022	6.9	5.2
Nov 2022	6.4	4.7
Dec 2022	6.1	4.8
Jan 2023	6.0	4.9
Feb 2023	5.9	5.1
Mar 2023	4.3	4.5
Apr 2023	3.8	4.2
May 2023	3.1	4.3
Jun 2023	2.2	3.8
Jul 2023	2.6	4.0
Aug 2023	2.8	3.7
Sep 2023	3.0	3.5
Oct 2023	2.7	3.4
Nov 2023	2.5	3.5
Dec 2023	2.6	3.5
Jan 2024	2.5	3.5
Feb 2024	2.4	3.2
Mar 2024	3.4	4.0
Apr 2024	3.6	4.1
May 2024	3.9	4.3
Jun 2024	3.8	4.3
Jul 2024	3.6	3.9
Aug 2024	3.4	4.0
Sep 2024	3.4	4.2
Oct 2024	3.5	4.4
Nov 2024	3.5	4.3
Dec 2024	3.5	3.9
Jan 2025	3.7	4.1

Food prices increased 0.5 percent in January. The index for food at home was up 0.7 percent, with higher prices in 3 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The index for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) was up 0.2 percent for the same period. Within the food at home category, foods that had increases over the month included eggs, carbonated drinks, and fresh fish and seafood.

Food prices advanced 2.0 percent over the year. The index for food away from home increased 3.4 percent, and the index for food at home increased 1.2 percent. Most of the rise in the food at home index was driven by the meats, poultry, fish, and eggs index, up 5.3 percent over the year.

The energy index rose 2.8 percent over the month, with higher prices for electricity (+3.7 percent). The gasoline index was up 1.1 percent, and the utility (piped) gas service index rose 2.3 percent over the month.

The energy index advanced 3.1 percent from January 2024 to January 2025, where prices for electricity rose 7.2 percent. The utility (piped) gas service index increased 13.7 percent over the year, while prices for gasoline decreased 2.7 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.8 percent in January. The index for shelter was up 0.6 percent as all its components including owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+0.4 percent) rose. Other components of the all items less food and energy index to increase over the month included recreation (+1.5 percent), medical care (+0.9 percent), and apparel (+2.8 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 4.1 percent over the year, led by a 5.3-percent increase in prices for shelter. Within the shelter index, the owners’ equivalent rent of residences index rose 5.9 percent, and the rent of primary residence index was up 5.8 percent.

The Consumer Price Index for February 2025 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Consumer Price Index for the Northeast region is published monthly. The set of components and sub-aggregates published for regional and metropolitan indexes is more limited than at the U.S. city average level; these indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program.

Percent changes for all-items data previously found in Table A of this release can be accessed in Chart 1 for this release and its attendant data table. A full all-items data series history for the original index value and for 1-month, 2-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month percent changes can be accessed via BLS data query tools. A direct link to the all-items series is provided in Table 1 of this release under historical data.

The Northeast region is comprised of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Refer to the national CPI news release technical note or the Handbook of Methods for more information.

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Table 1. Northeast region CPI-U by expenditure category for January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2024	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024
All items		327.277	327.240	329.989	3.7	0.8	0.8
All items (December 1977 = 100)		515.361	515.303	519.632	-	-	-
Food and beverages		331.460	332.474	334.091	1.9	0.8	0.5
Food		333.979	335.063	336.722	2.0	0.8	0.5
Food at home		309.891	310.743	312.813	1.2	0.9	0.7
Cereals and bakery products		380.141	385.432	385.319	-0.5	1.4	0.0
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		317.261	320.237	328.088	5.3	3.4	2.5
Dairy and related products		280.266	279.658	280.729	0.0	0.2	0.4
Fruits and vegetables		357.800	354.808	352.790	-2.8	-1.4	-0.6
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials		228.314	226.638	232.537	5.3	1.8	2.6
Other food at home		277.729	279.461	279.104	0.3	0.5	-0.1
Food away from home		377.043	378.562	379.443	3.4	0.6	0.2
Alcoholic beverages		296.810	296.882	297.913	0.8	0.4	0.3
Housing		359.129	360.210	363.129	5.2	1.1	0.8
Shelter		357.747	358.975	359.714	5.3	0.5	0.2
Rent of primary residence		447.338	449.357	451.349	5.8	0.9	0.4
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(1)		462.352	463.344	465.000	5.9	0.6	0.4
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(1)		461.882	462.883	464.541	5.9	0.6	0.4
Fuels and utilities		307.171	310.797	320.765	7.1	4.4	3.2
Household energy		274.004	277.860	288.345	7.5	5.2	3.8
Energy services		274.049	277.749	286.870	9.1	4.7	3.3
Electricity		280.868	283.513	294.063	7.2	4.7	3.7
Utility (piped) gas service		241.584	247.097	252.812	13.7	4.6	2.3
Household furnishings and operations		145.936	145.767	146.213	1.9	0.2	0.3
Apparel		130.635	128.493	132.060	1.6	1.1	2.8
Transportation		264.331	262.634	264.999	3.3	0.3	0.9
Private transportation		262.828	261.579	264.368	3.3	0.6	1.1
New and used motor vehicles(2)		125.297	124.960	125.883	1.6	0.5	0.7
New vehicles		174.541	174.458	174.691	-0.1	0.1	0.1
New cars(3)		164.087	164.012	164.295	-0.6	0.1	0.2
Used cars and trucks		192.566	192.995	194.003	1.7	0.7	0.5
Motor fuel		265.748	264.669	267.730	-2.9	0.7	1.2
Gasoline (all types)		265.179	264.156	267.174	-2.7	0.8	1.1
Gasoline, unleaded regular(3)		258.941	257.865	261.005	-2.9	0.8	1.2
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(3)(4)		296.899	296.001	298.614	-2.3	0.6	0.9
Gasoline, unleaded premium(3)		296.595	295.907	298.172	-2.0	0.5	0.8
Medical care		574.290	573.478	578.674	3.0	0.8	0.9
Medical care commodities		417.234	413.516	427.195	3.6	2.4	3.3
Medical care services		620.342	620.459	622.869	2.9	0.4	0.4
Professional services		429.761	429.193	429.889	0.2	0.0	0.2
Recreation(2)		142.989	142.170	144.277	3.0	0.9	1.5
Education and communication(2)		157.764	157.890	158.512	2.3	0.5	0.4
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(5)		1,472.663	1,472.117	1,475.318	4.7	0.2	0.2
Other goods and services		612.907	608.820	614.452	1.9	0.3	0.9
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (2) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (3) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (4) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. (5) Indexes on a December 1977=100 base.
- Data not available. Note: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

Table 2. Northeast region CPI-U by special aggregate index for January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2024	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024
All items		327.277	327.240	329.989	3.7	0.8	0.8
Food		333.979	335.063	336.722	2.0	0.8	0.5
Energy		271.093	272.876	280.420	3.1	3.4	2.8
All items less food and energy		338.937	338.533	341.099	4.1	0.6	0.8
All items less energy		336.381	336.200	338.620	3.8	0.7	0.7
All items less medical care		316.452	316.450	319.091	3.8	0.8	0.8
All items less shelter		286.558	286.093	288.911	2.8	0.8	1.0
Commodities		226.767	226.458	228.493	0.9	0.8	0.9
Commodities less food		177.735	176.925	178.983	0.1	0.7	1.2
Commodities less food & beverages		173.306	172.476	174.544	0.0	0.7	1.2
Durables		120.102	119.738	120.201	0.0	0.1	0.4
Nondurables		275.244	275.031	278.101	1.2	1.0	1.1
Nondurables less food & beverages		220.522	219.134	223.655	0.2	1.4	2.1
Nondurables less food		225.030	223.734	228.033	0.2	1.3	1.9
Services		423.731	423.954	427.385	5.3	0.9	0.8
Services less rent of shelter(1)		415.541	414.687	419.191	5.1	0.9	1.1
Services less medical care services		410.194	410.425	413.932	5.5	0.9	0.9
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.