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New England Consumer Price Index Card

Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item	U.S. City Average		Northeast region		Boston- Cambridge- Newton
Item	Sep 2020	Percent change from Sep 2019	Sep 2020	Percent change from Sep 2019	Sep 2020	Percent change from Sep 2019
All Items	260.280	1.4	273.925	1.2	283.391	0.6
All Items (1967 = 100)(1)	779.684		431.348		823.682
Food and Beverages	268.465	3.8	274.500	3.8	283.178	6.7
Food	269.163	3.9	275.304	3.9	285.154	6.9
Food at home	251.369	4.1	260.903	4.3	267.186	8.2
Food away from home	297.080	3.8	300.242	3.4	316.585	5.0
Alcoholic beverages	257.730	1.8	263.005	2.5	265.514	4.5
Housing	273.116	2.0	293.749	1.6	297.786	1.1
Shelter	327.116	2.0	368.205	2.0	358.916	1.9
Rent of primary residence(2)	342.910	2.7	371.903	2.1	375.284	3.2
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)(3)	336.095	2.5	381.502	2.5	385.336	3.2
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)(3)	336.121	2.5	381.171	2.5	385.336	3.2
Fuels and utilities	246.471	1.2	219.623	-1.9	261.519	-5.0
Household energy	201.763	0.5	190.773	-2.9	213.780	-7.0
Energy services(2)(4)	207.454	1.4	195.499	0.7	229.664	-3.1
Electricity(2)	218.395	0.7	205.218	1.7	282.198	-2.4
Utility (piped) gas service(2)	171.873	3.8	162.261	-2.6	142.251	-6.2
Household furnishings and operations	126.965	2.2	122.193	1.5	128.480	-1.9
Apparel	119.354	-6.0	125.434	-5.9	128.971	-11.0
Transportation	202.715	-3.2	198.368	-3.5	180.884	-4.6
Private transportation	200.967	-2.0	193.484	-1.9	184.528	-3.1
Motor fuel	196.756	-15.4	192.586	-14.5	188.492	-16.8
Gasoline	195.888	-15.4	191.608	-14.6	186.222	-16.8
Medical Care	522.528	4.2	548.668	3.2	694.815	0.6
Recreation(5)	122.188	1.5	128.545	2.5	116.973	-3.5
Education and Communication(5)	141.369	2.1	148.939	2.0	173.025	1.9
Other Goods and Services	463.656	2.3	513.994	2.4	513.063	2.1
Energy	198.858	-7.7	191.582	-8.1	201.231	-11.2
Footnotes (1) For the Northeast, December 1977 = 100. (2) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. (3) Index is on a December 1982=100 base. (4) This index series was formerly titled Gas (piped) and electricity. (5) Indexes are on a December 1997=100 base.
Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH includes Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk Counties in Massachusetts and Rockingham and Strafford Counties in New Hampshire.

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Consumer Price Indexes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item	U.S. City Average		Northeast region		Boston- Cambridge- Newton
Item	Sep 2020	Percent change from Sep 2019	Sep 2020	Percent change from Sep 2019	Sep 2020	Percent change from Sep 2019
All Items	254.004	1.5	269.960	1.4	281.670	0.6
All Items (1967 = 100)(1)	756.600		421.662		814.129
Food and Beverages	267.656	4.0	273.416	3.9	278.016	6.4
Food	267.877	4.1	274.007	4.0	279.868	6.5
Food at home	250.765	4.1	259.822	4.3	259.855	7.8
Food away from home	297.752	4.0	302.256	3.6	322.242	4.0
Alcoholic beverages	262.880	2.3	262.020	2.8	253.957	4.1
Housing	269.391	2.1	291.878	1.7	304.359	1.6
Shelter	320.093	2.2	364.163	2.0	365.511	2.6
Rent of primary residence(2)	339.441	2.7	366.976	2.1	375.284	3.2
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)(3)	303.374	2.5	335.652	2.5	338.644	3.2
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)(3)	303.400	2.5	335.686	2.5	338.644	3.2
Fuels and utilities	245.108	1.3	222.344	-1.1	264.403	-3.4
Household energy	200.647	0.7	193.630	-2.0	214.883	-5.4
Energy services(2)(4)	206.320	1.4	197.105	0.8	230.015	-2.6
Electricity(2)	215.484	0.7	206.340	1.8	282.199	-2.4
Utility (piped) gas service(2)	171.620	3.8	164.199	-2.1	142.255	-6.2
Household furnishings and operations	121.400	2.6	115.632	2.1	132.371	-3.8
Apparel	118.511	-6.5	124.647	-5.7	132.663	-10.4
Transportation	203.178	-2.7	201.663	-2.9	184.955	-5.1
Private transportation	201.172	-2.1	196.550	-2.0	185.100	-4.4
Motor fuel	197.134	-15.6	192.739	-14.3	188.391	-16.8
Gasoline	196.362	-15.5	191.885	-14.3	186.224	-16.8
Medical Care	531.012	4.8	551.793	3.9	695.458	0.9
Recreation(5)	116.947	1.5	128.429	2.3	114.443	-3.9
Education and Communication(5)	129.258	2.6	135.436	2.6	153.065	2.0
Other Goods and Services	509.728	2.6	593.203	2.2	609.230	2.2
Energy	197.428	-8.2	191.960	-7.9	198.792	-11.0
Footnotes (1) For the Northeast, December 1977 = 100. (2) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. (3) Index is on a December 1982=100 base. (4) This index series was formerly titled Gas (piped) and electricity. (5) Indexes are on a December 1997=100 base.
Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH includes Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk Counties in Massachusetts and Rockingham and Strafford Counties in New Hampshire.

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for the Consumer Price Index