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25-832-PHI
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

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Consumer Price Index, Northeast region — April 2025

Regional prices were up 0.3 percent in April, up 3.1 percent over the year

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.

Food

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.

Energy

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.

All items less food and energy

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).

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 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.

 

Last Modified Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2025