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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > News Release
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25-1620-PHI
Thursday, December 18, 2025

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Consumer Price Index, Northeast region — November 2025

Regional prices were up 3.1 percent over the year in November

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Northeast region increased 3.1 percent for the 12 months ending in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.8 percent over the year, and food prices advanced 3.1 percent. Energy prices increased 6.3 percent.

BLS did not collect survey data for October 2025 due to a lapse in appropriations. BLS is unable to retroactively collect these data. For a few indexes, BLS uses nonsurvey data sources instead of survey data to make the index calculations. BLS was able to retroactively acquire most of the nonsurvey data for October. Accordingly, all analysis in this release is over the year and not seasonally adjusted.

Food

Food prices advanced 3.1 percent over the year. The index for food at home increased 3.0 percent, with higher prices in 5 of the 6 major food sub-indexes. The index for food away from home increased 3.4 percent.

Energy

The energy index increased 6.3 percent from November 2024 to November 2025. The indexes for electricity (10.9 percent), natural gas service (10.3 percent), and gasoline (0.7 percent) all rose over the year.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.8 percent over the year. Annual increases in the indexes for shelter (3.5 percent), household furnishings and operations (4.2 percent) and medical care (2.4 percent) were major contributing factors. Within the shelter category, the indexes for owners’ equivalent rent of residences and rent of primary residence advanced 3.5 percent and 4.2 percent, respectively.

Federal Government Shutdown

BLS did not collect survey data for October 2025 due to a lapse in appropriations. BLS was unable to retroactively collect these data. For a few indexes, BLS uses nonsurvey data sources instead of survey data to make the index calculations. BLS was able to retroactively acquire most of the nonsurvey data for October. CPI data collection resumed on November 14, 2025.

Additional information about the impact of the shutdown on CPI data is available online.

Changes to health insurance index

With the release of November 2025 data on December 18, 2025, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) removed long-term care (LTC) insurance from the health insurance index. There have been changes in the market for LTC insurance that now make it out of scope and ineligible for pricing in the CPI market basket.

The Consumer Price Index for December 2025 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).


Technical Note

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.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

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

 Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data		 Sep.
2025		 Oct.
2025		 Nov.
2025		 Nov.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Oct.
2025

All items

 337.321 (1)- 337.284 3.1 0.0 -

All items (December 1977 = 100)

 531.178 (1)- 531.120 - - -

Food and beverages

 341.421 (1)- 341.545 3.0 0.0 -

Food

 344.314 (1)- 344.459 3.1 0.0 -

Food at home

 319.039 (1)- 319.140 3.0 0.0 -

Cereals and bakery products

 395.469 (1)- 397.433 4.5 0.5 -

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 334.895 (1)- 332.574 4.8 -0.7 -

Dairy and related products

 280.220 (1)- 278.029 -0.8 -0.8 -

Fruits and vegetables

 359.906 (1)- 362.790 1.4 0.8 -

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials

 239.824 (1)- 242.688 6.3 1.2 -

Other food at home

 284.258 (1)- 283.277 2.0 -0.3 -

Food away from home

 389.544 (1)- 389.772 3.4 0.1 -

Alcoholic beverages

 301.604 (1)- 301.443 1.6 -0.1 -

Housing

 372.529 (1)- 373.932 4.1 0.4 -

Shelter

 371.365 (1)- 372.064 4.0 0.2 -

Rent of primary residence

 464.135 (1)- 466.266 4.2 0.5 -

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)

 476.567 (1)- 478.648 3.5 0.4 -

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)

 476.083 (1)- 478.155 3.5 0.4 -

Fuels and utilities

 326.436 (1)- 335.518 9.2 2.8 -

Household energy

 291.596 (1)- 301.298 10.0 3.3 -

Energy services

 294.295 (1)- 303.398 10.7 3.1 -

Electricity

 305.375 (1)- 311.524 10.9 2.0 -

Utility (piped) gas service

 252.195 (1)- 266.374 10.3 5.6 -

Household furnishings and operations

 151.993 (1)- 152.034 4.2 0.0 -

Apparel

 139.600 (1)- 131.438 0.6 -5.8 -

Transportation

 269.232 (1)- 268.945 1.7 -0.1 -

Private transportation

 270.103 (1)- 270.515 2.9 0.2 -

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 126.778 (1)- 126.801 1.2 0.0 -

New vehicles

 175.890 175.780 175.710 0.7 -0.1 0.0

New cars(4)

 165.882 165.693 165.889 1.1 0.0 0.1

Used cars and trucks

 199.514 199.337 199.415 3.6 0.0 0.0

Motor fuel

 275.561 (1)- 267.678 0.7 -2.9 -

Gasoline (all types)

 275.114 267.527 266.959 0.7 -3.0 -0.2

Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)

 269.117 261.026 260.389 0.6 -3.2 -0.2

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 306.100 300.935 300.038 1.1 -2.0 -0.3

Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)

 305.006 300.381 300.274 1.2 -1.6 0.0

Medical care

 588.710 (1)- 587.944 2.4 -0.1 -

Medical care commodities

 428.593 (1)- 428.702 2.7 0.0 -

Medical care services

 635.616 (1)- 634.573 2.3 -0.2 -

Professional services

 435.633 (1)- 436.645 1.6 0.2 -

Recreation(3)

 146.092 (1)- 143.965 0.7 -1.5 -

Education and communication(3)

 159.813 (1)- 160.811 1.9 0.6 -

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(6)

 1,529.296 (1)- 1,531.041 4.0 0.1 -

Other goods and services

 635.558 (1)- 638.977 4.3 0.5 -

Footnotes
(1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations
(2) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
(3) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
(4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
(5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
(6) Indexes on a December 1977=100 base.

- Data not available.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
NOTE: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
Table 2. Northeast region CPI-U by special aggregate index for November 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Special aggregate index

 Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data		 Sep.
2025		 Oct.
2025		 Nov.
2025		 Nov.
2024		 Sep.
2025		 Oct.
2025

All items

 337.321 (1)- 337.284 3.1 0.0 -

Food

 344.314 (1)- 344.459 3.1 0.0 -

Energy

 285.494 (1)- 288.214 6.3 1.0 -

All items less food and energy

 348.764 (1)- 348.445 2.8 -0.1 -

All items less energy

 346.232 (1)- 345.983 2.9 -0.1 -

All items less medical care

 326.311 (1)- 326.308 3.1 0.0 -

All items less shelter

 294.834 (1)- 294.571 2.8 -0.1 -

Commodities

 233.005 (1)- 231.399 2.0 -0.7 -

Commodities less food

 182.191 (1)- 180.063 1.3 -1.2 -

Commodities less food & beverages

 177.714 (1)- 175.552 1.3 -1.2 -

Durables

 122.291 (1)- 121.415 1.1 -0.7 -

Nondurables

 283.870 (1)- 281.946 2.4 -0.7 -

Nondurables less food & beverages

 227.900 (1)- 223.936 1.5 -1.7 -

Nondurables less food

 232.238 (1)- 228.516 1.5 -1.6 -

Services

 437.438 (1)- 438.949 3.6 0.3 -

Services less rent of shelter(2)

 428.181 (1)- 430.732 3.7 0.6 -

Services less medical care services

 423.803 (1)- 425.498 3.7 0.4 -

Footnotes
(1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations
(2) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.

- Data not available.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
NOTE: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

 

Last Modified Date: Thursday, December 18, 2025