The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Northeast region increased 0.3 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The index for all items less food and energy also rose 0.4 percent in April. Energy remained unchanged over-the-month while food prices decreased 0.2 percent in the same period. (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 advanced 3.1 percent for the 12 months ending in April. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 3.5 percent over the year, accounting for over ninety percent of the twelve-month all items increase. Food prices rose 2.2 percent and energy prices decreased 0.2 percent over the year.

  

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

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Feb 2025	3.9	4.2
Mar 2025	3.2	3.4
Apr 2025	3.1	3.5

Food prices decreased 0.2 percent in April. The index for food away from home was up 0.6 percent for the same period. The index for food at home was down 0.6 percent, with lower prices in 5 of the 6 major food groups— including prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (-1.0 percent). Within the food at home category, food groups that had price decreases over the month included eggs and spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces.

Food prices rose 2.2 percent over the year. The index for food away from home advanced 4.0 percent, while the index for food at home increased 1.1 percent. Much of the rise in the food at home index came from a 5.9-percent advance in prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs and a 5.8-percent increase in nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials prices.

The energy index remained unchanged over the month, as did the electricity index. The utility (piped) gas service index advanced 1.6 percent, and the gasoline index rose 0.8 percent in the same period.

The energy index decreased 0.2 percent from April 2024 to April 2025. The utility (piped) gas service index advanced 20.8 percent, and the electricity index rose 9.0 percent. Gasoline declined 11.6 percent over the year.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.4 percent in April. The index for shelter was up 0.7 percent as all its components rose, including owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+0.3 percent). For the same period, household furnishings and operations increased 1.2 percent. New and used motor vehicles increased 0.9 percent. Prices for apparel and recreation were down 1.7 percent and 0.7 percent respectively.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 3.5 percent over the year, led by a 5.3-percent increase in prices for shelter. Within the shelter category, the rent of primary residence index was up 5.6 percent, and the owners’ equivalent rent of residences index rose 5.5 percent. Other price increases for all items less food and energy encompassed the recreation index (+2.9 percent), medical care (+2.1 percent) and education and communication (+2.1 percent).

The Consumer Price Index for May 2025 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, June 11, 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.

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

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2024	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025
All items		332.009	332.049	333.065	3.1	0.3	0.3
All items (December 1977 = 100)		522.812	522.876	524.475	-	-	-
Food and beverages		334.947	336.415	335.870	2.3	0.3	-0.2
Food		337.561	339.037	338.507	2.2	0.3	-0.2
Food at home		313.430	314.865	312.927	1.1	-0.2	-0.6
Cereals and bakery products		388.373	388.698	386.588	-0.8	-0.5	-0.5
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		332.768	335.051	331.727	5.9	-0.3	-1.0
Dairy and related products		277.503	284.201	279.432	1.0	0.7	-1.7
Fruits and vegetables		348.065	346.088	345.139	-3.1	-0.8	-0.3
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials		233.693	233.459	234.367	5.8	0.3	0.4
Other food at home		279.799	281.730	280.012	-0.8	0.1	-0.6
Food away from home		380.690	382.235	384.341	4.0	1.0	0.6
Alcoholic beverages		299.016	300.369	299.600	2.8	0.2	-0.3
Housing		365.796	365.171	367.625	5.3	0.5	0.7
Shelter		361.995	363.701	364.335	4.8	0.6	0.2
Rent of primary residence		452.655	454.054	455.951	5.6	0.7	0.4
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(1)		466.778	468.164	469.557	5.5	0.6	0.3
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(1)		466.305	467.691	469.082	5.5	0.6	0.3
Fuels and utilities		325.334	323.324	322.576	8.8	-0.8	-0.2
Household energy		292.158	289.911	288.570	9.1	-1.2	-0.5
Energy services		290.880	289.980	291.487	12.5	0.2	0.5
Electricity		298.310	295.460	295.536	9.0	-0.9	0.0
Utility (piped) gas service		256.083	259.020	263.189	20.8	2.8	1.6
Household furnishings and operations		147.007	146.566	148.388	2.2	0.9	1.2
Apparel		135.211	137.607	135.322	-0.1	0.1	-1.7
Transportation		264.945	264.316	265.726	-0.8	0.3	0.5
Private transportation		264.575	264.218	265.640	-0.1	0.4	0.5
New and used motor vehicles(2)		125.567	125.432	126.576	1.1	0.8	0.9
New vehicles		174.804	174.938	175.704	0.4	0.5	0.4
New cars(3)		164.665	165.019	165.809	0.7	0.7	0.5
Used cars and trucks		194.120	194.535	195.267	1.6	0.6	0.4
Motor fuel		269.724	265.201	267.294	-11.6	-0.9	0.8
Gasoline (all types)		269.063	264.517	266.658	-11.6	-0.9	0.8
Gasoline, unleaded regular(3)		262.921	258.225	260.540	-12.2	-0.9	0.9
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(3)(4)		300.638	296.649	298.014	-9.3	-0.9	0.5
Gasoline, unleaded premium(3)		299.860	296.246	297.357	-8.7	-0.8	0.4
Medical care		583.024	582.998	584.462	2.1	0.2	0.3
Medical care commodities		426.655	425.037	427.706	2.6	0.2	0.6
Medical care services		628.765	629.253	630.315	2.0	0.2	0.2
Professional services		434.287	434.095	435.083	2.3	0.2	0.2
Recreation(2)		146.670	146.875	145.842	2.9	-0.6	-0.7
Education and communication(2)		159.094	159.123	158.726	2.1	-0.2	-0.2
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(5)		1,479.232	1,479.463	1,479.471	4.9	0.0	0.0
Other goods and services		619.696	622.444	626.057	2.6	1.0	0.6
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 April 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2024	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025
All items		332.009	332.049	333.065	3.1	0.3	0.3
Food		337.561	339.037	338.507	2.2	0.3	-0.2
Energy		283.512	280.359	280.382	-0.2	-1.1	0.0
All items less food and energy		343.272	343.356	344.751	3.5	0.4	0.4
All items less energy		340.586	340.873	341.980	3.3	0.4	0.3
All items less medical care		321.006	321.050	322.047	3.2	0.3	0.3
All items less shelter		290.579	290.800	291.017	1.9	0.2	0.1
Commodities		229.414	229.727	229.295	0.0	-0.1	-0.2
Commodities less food		179.885	179.777	179.402	-1.6	-0.3	-0.2
Commodities less food & beverages		175.433	175.289	174.927	-1.8	-0.3	-0.2
Durables		120.349	120.384	120.534	0.0	0.2	0.1
Nondurables		279.551	280.058	279.163	0.0	-0.1	-0.3
Nondurables less food & beverages		225.700	225.256	224.012	-3.1	-0.7	-0.6
Nondurables less food		230.017	229.685	228.472	-2.6	-0.7	-0.5
Services		430.471	430.243	432.678	4.8	0.5	0.6
Services less rent of shelter(1)		422.435	422.422	424.059	4.1	0.4	0.4
Services less medical care services		416.822	416.543	419.077	5.1	0.5	0.6
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.