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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-
Brockton-
Nashua
Jun
2017		 Percent change from
Jun
2016		 Jun
2017		 Percent change from
Jun
2016		 Jun
2017		 Percent change from
Jun
2016

All Items

 244.955 1.6 259.335 1.5    

All Items (1967 = 100)(1)

 733.775   408.373      

Food and Beverages

 249.398 0.9 254.878 1.2    

Food

 249.653 0.9 254.968 1.2    

Food at home

 238.300 -0.1 245.729 0.5 247.814 0.9

Food away from home

 268.225 2.2 272.129 2.3    

Alcoholic beverages

 244.597 1.0 252.521 1.2    

Housing

 251.629 3.0 275.597 2.2    

Shelter

 297.446 3.3 340.804 2.1 321.591 2.6

Rent of primary residence(2)

 307.314 3.9 342.498 2.6 331.388 3.1

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)(3)

 304.218 3.2 352.080 2.0 341.209 2.3

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)(3)

 304.206 3.2 351.811 2.0 341.209 2.3

Fuels and utilities

 241.940 4.3 219.462 4.7    

Household energy

 203.481 4.6 194.376 5.1 220.479 9.7

Energy services(2)(4)

 208.852 4.6 196.977 5.2 236.436 10.2

Electricity(2)

 218.865 2.5 204.883 2.5 277.650 9.2

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

 175.807 12.8 166.297 12.9 156.959 13.4

Household furnishings and operations

 121.025 -0.6 121.533 -0.4    

Apparel

 124.630 -0.7 129.609 0.2    

Transportation

 201.263 0.5 200.687 0.6    

Private transportation

 195.670 0.7 191.246 0.7    

Motor fuel

 206.760 -0.3 205.060 3.0 198.133 -0.3

Gasoline

 205.881 -0.4 204.234 3.0 195.895 -0.4

Medical Care

 474.360 2.7 493.415 1.7    

Recreation(5)

 118.518 0.8 124.041 2.3    

Education and Communication(5)

 135.497 -2.4 139.480 -1.0    

Other Goods and Services

 433.121 2.4 477.410 4.0    

Energy

 204.646 2.3 198.853 4.2 209.178 5.3

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-Brockton-Nashua includes the PMSAs of Boston, Brockton, Fitchburg-Leominster, Lawrence, Lowell, Manchester, Nashua, New Bedford, Portsmouth-Rochester, and Worcester.

 

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-
Brockton-
Nashua
Jun
2017		 Percent change from
Jun
2016		 Jun
2017		 Percent change from
Jun
2016		 Jun
2017		 Percent change from
Jun
2016

All Items

 238.813 1.5 255.462 1.5    

All Items (1967 = 100)(1)

 711.352   399.017      

Food and Beverages

 248.534 0.9 253.663 1.2    

Food

 248.474 0.8 253.659 1.2    

Food at home

 237.463 0.0 244.490 0.5 241.175 0.8

Food away from home

 268.450 2.2 273.127 2.4    

Alcoholic beverages

 248.510 1.2 251.822 1.1    

Housing

 247.854 3.1 273.357 2.3    

Shelter

 290.183 3.3 336.842 2.1 325.206 2.6

Rent of primary residence(2)

 304.172 3.8 337.881 2.6 331.388 3.1

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)(3)

 274.697 3.2 309.993 2.0 299.864 2.3

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)(3)

 274.701 3.2 310.023 2.0 299.864 2.3

Fuels and utilities

 240.628 4.2 221.311 5.0    

Household energy

 201.992 4.5 196.226 5.5 220.475 10.1

Energy services(2)(4)

 207.749 4.5 198.372 5.7 233.221 10.4

Electricity(2)

 216.105 2.5 206.178 2.6 277.651 9.2

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

 175.445 12.9 167.578 14.2 156.963 13.4

Household furnishings and operations

 115.688 -0.9 113.418 -0.4    

Apparel

 123.892 -0.7 128.688 -0.1    

Transportation

 199.469 0.3 201.807 0.7    

Private transportation

 195.318 0.4 193.984 0.7    

Motor fuel

 207.304 -0.6 204.730 2.7 198.133 -0.3

Gasoline

 206.532 -0.6 204.031 2.7 195.897 -0.4

Medical Care

 478.772 2.7 493.263 2.0    

Recreation(5)

 114.237 0.8 125.362 3.1    

Education and Communication(5)

 124.738 -3.9 127.015 -2.2    

Other Goods and Services

 472.297 2.9 548.869 4.7    

Energy

 203.380 1.9 199.042 4.3 206.260 5.6

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-Brockton-Nashua includes the PMSAs of Boston, Brockton, Fitchburg-Leominster, Lawrence, Lowell, Manchester, Nashua, New Bedford, Portsmouth-Rochester, and Worcester.