The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Northeast region increased 0.5 percent in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The index for all items less food and energy also rose 0.3 percent in June. Energy prices increased 3.0 percent over-the-month while food prices rose 0.1 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 3.0 percent for the 12 months ending in June. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 3.2 percent over the year. Food prices rose 2.5 percent and energy prices increased 2.4 percent over the year.

  

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

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
May 2025	2.8	3.1
Jun 2025	3.0	3.2

Food prices increased 0.1 percent in June. The index for food away from home was up 0.2 percent for the same period. The index for food at home was up 0.1 percent. Within the food at home category, increases in 4 of the 6 categories offset a 1.1 percent decrease for cereals and bakery products. Prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs, rose 0.6 percent. Food groups that had price increases over the month included other fresh vegetables, uncooked beef steaks and coffee.

Food prices rose 2.5 percent over the year. The index for food away from home advanced 3.5 percent, while the index for food at home increased 1.9 percent. Much of the rise in the food at home index came from a 5.3-percent advance in prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs.

The energy index rose 3.0 percent over the month. The electricity index increased 6.5 percent as gasoline prices increased 1.1 percent, and utility (piped) gas service prices increased 0.3 percent in the same period.

The energy index increased 2.4 percent from June 2024 to June 2025. The utility (piped) gas service index advanced 23.0 percent, and the electricity index rose 12.5 percent. Gasoline declined 10.7 percent over the year.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.3 percent in June. The index for shelter was up 0.3 percent as owners’ equivalent rent of residences increased 0.4 percent. For the same period, recreation prices increased 0.9 percent, household furnishings and operations increased 0.8 percent and new and used motor vehicle prices increased 0.3 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 3.2 percent over the year, led by a 4.4-percent increase in prices for shelter. Within the shelter category, the owners’ equivalent rent of residences index rose 4.6 percent. Other price increases for all items less food and energy encompassed the education and communication index and household furnishings and operations index, both up 2.6 percent, and new and used motor vehicles index, up 2.1 percent.

The Consumer Price Index for July 2025 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, August 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.

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

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Apr. 2025	May 2025	Jun. 2025	Jun. 2024	Apr. 2025	May 2025
All items		333.065	333.531	335.078	3.0	0.6	0.5
All items (December 1977 = 100)		524.475	525.209	527.645	-	-	-
Food and beverages		335.870	336.636	337.191	2.5	0.4	0.2
Food		338.507	339.378	339.866	2.5	0.4	0.1
Food at home		312.927	313.569	313.831	1.9	0.3	0.1
Cereals and bakery products		386.588	395.788	391.523	1.2	1.3	-1.1
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		331.727	328.483	330.363	5.3	-0.4	0.6
Dairy and related products		279.432	278.527	279.791	1.3	0.1	0.5
Fruits and vegetables		345.139	342.438	343.150	-1.4	-0.6	0.2
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials		234.367	232.919	235.335	6.4	0.4	1.0
Other food at home		280.012	282.903	282.307	0.1	0.8	-0.2
Food away from home		384.341	385.637	386.542	3.5	0.6	0.2
Alcoholic beverages		299.600	298.918	300.397	1.8	0.3	0.5
Housing		367.625	368.717	371.126	4.9	1.0	0.7
Shelter		364.335	365.681	367.531	4.4	0.9	0.5
Rent of primary residence		455.951	457.466	458.933	5.3	0.7	0.3
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(1)		469.557	470.531	472.552	4.6	0.6	0.4
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(1)		469.082	470.054	472.073	4.6	0.6	0.4
Fuels and utilities		322.576	323.102	334.550	12.0	3.7	3.5
Household energy		288.570	288.885	301.114	12.9	4.3	4.2
Energy services		291.487	292.363	305.661	15.4	4.9	4.5
Electricity		295.536	298.492	317.780	12.5	7.5	6.5
Utility (piped) gas service		263.189	259.977	260.753	23.0	-0.9	0.3
Household furnishings and operations		148.388	148.666	149.799	2.6	1.0	0.8
Apparel		135.322	134.024	134.594	0.4	-0.5	0.4
Transportation		265.726	266.841	267.717	0.2	0.7	0.3
Private transportation		265.640	266.604	267.735	0.6	0.8	0.4
New and used motor vehicles(2)		126.576	126.770	127.198	2.1	0.5	0.3
New vehicles		175.704	175.677	175.404	0.2	-0.2	-0.2
New cars(3)		165.809	165.635	165.630	0.4	-0.1	0.0
Used cars and trucks		195.267	196.898	199.735	3.1	2.3	1.4
Motor fuel		267.294	267.020	269.919	-10.7	1.0	1.1
Gasoline (all types)		266.658	266.438	269.424	-10.7	1.0	1.1
Gasoline, unleaded regular(3)		260.540	260.301	263.384	-11.2	1.1	1.2
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(3)(4)		298.014	298.030	300.609	-9.1	0.9	0.9
Gasoline, unleaded premium(3)		297.357	297.235	299.632	-8.4	0.8	0.8
Medical care		584.462	583.519	585.244	1.1	0.1	0.3
Medical care commodities		427.706	427.550	426.540	0.4	-0.3	-0.2
Medical care services		630.315	629.126	631.721	1.3	0.2	0.4
Professional services		435.083	433.181	434.480	2.1	-0.1	0.3
Recreation(2)		145.842	143.744	145.034	0.9	-0.6	0.9
Education and communication(2)		158.726	159.113	159.173	2.6	0.3	0.0
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(5)		1,479.471	1,488.802	1,492.288	5.5	0.9	0.2
Other goods and services		626.057	626.052	628.691	3.5	0.4	0.4
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 June 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Apr. 2025	May 2025	Jun. 2025	Jun. 2024	Apr. 2025	May 2025
All items		333.065	333.531	335.078	3.0	0.6	0.5
Food		338.507	339.378	339.866	2.5	0.4	0.1
Energy		280.382	280.463	288.994	2.4	3.1	3.0
All items less food and energy		344.751	345.194	346.326	3.2	0.5	0.3
All items less energy		341.980	342.483	343.515	3.1	0.4	0.3
All items less medical care		322.047	322.579	324.120	3.2	0.6	0.5
All items less shelter		291.017	291.115	292.755	2.2	0.6	0.6
Commodities		229.295	229.413	230.311	0.4	0.4	0.4
Commodities less food		179.402	179.254	180.246	-1.1	0.5	0.6
Commodities less food & beverages		174.927	174.793	175.765	-1.2	0.5	0.6
Durables		120.534	120.865	121.297	0.4	0.6	0.4
Nondurables		279.163	279.046	280.177	0.4	0.4	0.4
Nondurables less food & beverages		224.012	223.018	224.725	-2.4	0.3	0.8
Nondurables less food		228.472	227.498	229.190	-2.1	0.3	0.7
Services		432.678	433.483	435.658	4.4	0.7	0.5
Services less rent of shelter(1)		424.059	424.135	427.343	4.4	0.8	0.8
Services less medical care services		419.077	420.025	422.172	4.7	0.7	0.5
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.