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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	Mar 2021	Percent change from Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Percent change from Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Percent change from Mar 2020
All Items	264.877	2.6	278.197	2.1	289.240	1.3
All Items (1967 = 100)(1)	793.455		438.075		840.685
Food and Beverages	271.135	3.4	276.783	3.2	286.713	3.9
Food	271.812	3.5	277.661	3.3	288.899	3.7
Food at home	253.231	3.3	260.243	2.5	263.208	0.4
Food away from home	300.897	3.7	307.319	4.5	334.016	8.7
Alcoholic beverages	260.652	2.0	264.273	2.0	266.886	5.6
Housing	276.028	2.1	297.291	1.8	304.561	1.7
Shelter	330.122	1.7	369.937	1.3	360.418	1.2
Rent of primary residence(2)	345.717	1.8	373.351	1.4	375.726	2.2
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)(3)	339.565	2.0	383.526	1.6	388.654	2.1
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)(3)	339.589	2.0	383.196	1.6	388.654	2.1
Fuels and utilities	251.797	4.4	231.807	3.5	314.526	6.1
Household energy	206.271	4.7	202.646	3.4	263.506	5.7
Energy services(2)(4)	209.623	4.1	200.205	0.9	281.648	3.0
Electricity(2)	216.528	2.5	201.762	-0.8	315.096	0.9
Utility (piped) gas service(2)	185.624	9.8	182.207	4.7	214.344	7.3
Household furnishings and operations	128.350	3.1	125.826	4.4	133.185	2.0
Apparel	120.746	-2.5	126.937	-2.6	127.278	-6.6
Transportation	215.761	5.8	210.476	4.8	194.353	4.0
Private transportation	214.743	7.0	207.196	6.6	201.763	5.9
Motor fuel	248.681	22.2	242.183	19.2	238.316	12.2
Gasoline	247.652	22.5	241.208	19.4	235.775	12.3
Medical Care	524.734	1.8	548.730	0.5	697.383	-2.2
Recreation(5)	123.567	1.1	128.684	0.3	115.031	-6.4
Education and Communication(5)	141.289	1.5	149.349	1.7	174.023	2.2
Other Goods and Services	472.607	2.4	520.572	2.1	522.085	1.7
Energy	225.861	13.2	218.736	9.9	250.570	8.2
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	Mar 2021	Percent change from Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Percent change from Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Percent change from Mar 2020
All Items	258.935	3.0	274.475	2.3	288.652	1.5
All Items (1967 = 100)(1)	771.287		428.715		834.309
Food and Beverages	270.339	3.5	275.728	3.4	281.031	3.2
Food	270.535	3.6	276.465	3.6	283.001	3.1
Food at home	252.698	3.4	259.515	2.7	255.875	0.0
Food away from home	301.588	3.9	309.572	4.9	339.253	8.0
Alcoholic beverages	265.956	2.0	261.996	1.3	254.749	5.6
Housing	272.104	2.2	295.147	1.8	312.149	2.0
Shelter	323.156	1.8	366.128	1.4	367.002	1.5
Rent of primary residence(2)	342.388	1.9	368.397	1.4	375.726	2.2
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)(3)	306.564	2.0	337.666	1.6	341.560	2.1
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)(3)	306.590	2.0	337.715	1.6	341.560	2.1
Fuels and utilities	249.628	4.3	232.361	3.0	315.832	5.2
Household energy	204.280	4.6	203.253	2.9	263.220	5.0
Energy services(2)(4)	208.185	4.1	201.004	1.0	279.514	2.8
Electricity(2)	213.536	2.6	201.965	-0.7	315.097	0.9
Utility (piped) gas service(2)	185.520	10.1	183.282	4.6	214.350	7.3
Household furnishings and operations	121.942	2.7	117.927	3.6	140.093	3.0
Apparel	120.293	-2.5	125.926	-3.1	132.012	-6.1
Transportation	217.517	7.1	214.582	5.4	199.811	4.0
Private transportation	216.042	7.9	210.595	6.5	202.226	5.2
Motor fuel	249.200	22.2	241.279	18.7	238.495	12.3
Gasoline	248.285	22.5	240.528	18.9	235.778	12.3
Medical Care	532.342	1.8	551.469	0.6	697.717	-2.4
Recreation(5)	118.124	1.1	128.611	0.0	112.926	-7.4
Education and Communication(5)	129.019	1.8	135.551	2.1	154.366	2.5
Other Goods and Services	520.561	2.9	601.655	2.6	616.017	2.6
Energy	225.420	13.7	218.967	10.1	247.303	8.3
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-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