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25-365-PHI
Wednesday, March 12, 2025

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Consumer Price Index, Northeast region — February 2025

Regional prices were up 0.6 percent in February, up 3.9 percent over the year

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Northeast region increased 0.6 percent in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The index for all items less food and energy also rose 0.6 percent in February, accounting for over eighty percent of the monthly all items increase. Energy prices were up 1.1 percent while food prices increased 0.2 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 advanced 3.9 percent for the 12 months ending in February. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 4.2 percent over the year, accounting for over eighty-five percent of the twelve-month all items increase. Food prices rose 2.4 percent and energy prices increased 3.6 percent over the year.

Food

Food prices increased 0.2 percent in February. The index for food away from home was up 0.3 percent for the same period. The index for food at home was 0.2 percent higher, with increased prices in 4 of the 6 major grocery food groups. Within the food at home category, groceries that had price increases over the month included eggs and coffee.

Food prices rose 2.4 percent over the year. The index for food away from home advanced 3.6 percent, while the index for food at home increased 1.6 percent. Much of the rise in the food at home index came from a 7.8-percent advance in prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs and a 5.7-percent increase in nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials prices.

Energy

The energy index was up 1.1 percent over the month, with higher prices for electricity (+1.4 percent). The gasoline index (+0.7 percent) and the utility (piped) gas service index (+1.3 percent) were also up.

The energy index increased 3.6 percent from February 2024 to February 2025, as the electricity index rose 9.7 percent. The utility (piped) gas service index advanced 14.6 percent and prices for gasoline declined 3.6 percent over the year.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.6 percent in February. The index for shelter was up 0.7 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 (+1.7 percent), medical care (+0.8 percent), and apparel (+2.4 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 4.2 percent over the year, led by a 5.7-percent increase in prices for shelter. Within the shelter index, the owners’ equivalent rent of residences index rose 5.8 percent, and the rent of primary residence index was up 5.6 percent.

The Consumer Price Index for March 2025 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, April 10, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

Publication updates and changes

In accordance with annual practice, relative importance weights have been updated and are available online in the CPI Supplemental Table of Contents.

Effective with the January 2025 data release, several indexes and average price series were discontinued. More information is available on the CPI discontinued series page. Direct any inquiries to the CPI office using one of the CPI contact information options listed online.


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.

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

Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data
Dec.
2024
Jan.
2025
Feb.
2025
Feb.
2024
Dec.
2024
Jan.
2025

All items

327.240 329.989 332.009 3.9 1.5 0.6

All items (December 1977 = 100)

515.303 519.632 522.812 - - -

Food and beverages

332.474 334.091 334.947 2.4 0.7 0.3

Food

335.063 336.722 337.561 2.4 0.7 0.2

Food at home

310.743 312.813 313.430 1.6 0.9 0.2

Cereals and bakery products

385.432 385.319 388.373 0.2 0.8 0.8

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

320.237 328.088 332.768 7.8 3.9 1.4

Dairy and related products

279.658 280.729 277.503 -0.2 -0.8 -1.1

Fruits and vegetables

354.808 352.790 348.065 -3.5 -1.9 -1.3

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials

226.638 232.537 233.693 5.7 3.1 0.5

Other food at home

279.461 279.104 279.799 0.2 0.1 0.2

Food away from home

378.562 379.443 380.690 3.6 0.6 0.3

Alcoholic beverages

296.882 297.913 299.016 2.3 0.7 0.4

Housing

360.210 363.129 365.796 5.6 1.6 0.7

Shelter

358.975 359.714 361.995 5.5 0.8 0.6

Rent of primary residence

449.357 451.349 452.655 5.6 0.7 0.3

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(1)

463.344 465.000 466.778 5.8 0.7 0.4

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(1)

462.883 464.541 466.305 5.8 0.7 0.4

Fuels and utilities

310.797 320.765 325.334 8.6 4.7 1.4

Household energy

277.860 288.345 292.158 9.0 5.1 1.3

Energy services

277.749 286.870 290.880 11.1 4.7 1.4

Electricity

283.513 294.063 298.310 9.7 5.2 1.4

Utility (piped) gas service

247.097 252.812 256.083 14.6 3.6 1.3

Household furnishings and operations

145.767 146.213 147.007 1.6 0.9 0.5

Apparel

128.493 132.060 135.211 1.1 5.2 2.4

Transportation

262.634 264.999 264.945 2.3 0.9 0.0

Private transportation

261.579 264.368 264.575 2.6 1.1 0.1

New and used motor vehicles(2)

124.960 125.883 125.567 0.7 0.5 -0.3

New vehicles

174.458 174.691 174.804 0.0 0.2 0.1

New cars(3)

164.012 164.295 164.665 -0.1 0.4 0.2

Used cars and trucks

192.995 194.003 194.120 1.2 0.6 0.1

Motor fuel

264.669 267.730 269.724 -3.7 1.9 0.7

Gasoline (all types)

264.156 267.174 269.063 -3.6 1.9 0.7

Gasoline, unleaded regular(3)

257.865 261.005 262.921 -3.8 2.0 0.7

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(3)(4)

296.001 298.614 300.638 -2.5 1.6 0.7

Gasoline, unleaded premium(3)

295.907 298.172 299.860 -2.4 1.3 0.6

Medical care

573.478 578.674 583.024 3.6 1.7 0.8

Medical care commodities

413.516 427.195 426.655 3.3 3.2 -0.1

Medical care services

620.459 622.869 628.765 3.6 1.3 0.9

Professional services

429.193 429.889 434.287 1.3 1.2 1.0

Recreation(2)

142.170 144.277 146.670 3.8 3.2 1.7

Education and communication(2)

157.890 158.512 159.094 2.4 0.8 0.4

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(5)

1,472.117 1,475.318 1,479.232 4.9 0.5 0.3

Other goods and services

608.820 614.452 619.696 1.8 1.8 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 February 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Special aggregate index

Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data
Dec.
2024
Jan.
2025
Feb.
2025
Feb.
2024
Dec.
2024
Jan.
2025

All items

327.240 329.989 332.009 3.9 1.5 0.6

Food

335.063 336.722 337.561 2.4 0.7 0.2

Energy

272.876 280.420 283.512 3.6 3.9 1.1

All items less food and energy

338.533 341.099 343.272 4.2 1.4 0.6

All items less energy

336.200 338.620 340.586 3.9 1.3 0.6

All items less medical care

316.450 319.091 321.006 3.9 1.4 0.6

All items less shelter

286.093 288.911 290.579 2.9 1.6 0.6

Commodities

226.458 228.493 229.414 0.9 1.3 0.4

Commodities less food

176.925 178.983 179.885 -0.2 1.7 0.5

Commodities less food & beverages

172.476 174.544 175.433 -0.3 1.7 0.5

Durables

119.738 120.201 120.349 0.1 0.5 0.1

Nondurables

275.031 278.101 279.551 1.2 1.6 0.5

Nondurables less food & beverages

219.134 223.655 225.700 -0.4 3.0 0.9

Nondurables less food

223.734 228.033 230.017 -0.2 2.8 0.9

Services

423.954 427.385 430.471 5.5 1.5 0.7

Services less rent of shelter(1)

414.687 419.191 422.435 5.2 1.9 0.8

Services less medical care services

410.425 413.932 416.822 5.7 1.6 0.7

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.

 

Last Modified Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025