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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
Aug
2019		 Percent change from
Aug
2018		 Aug
2019		 Percent change from
Aug
2018		 Aug
2019		 Percent change from
Aug
2018

All Items

 256.558 1.7 270.548 1.5    

All Items (1967 = 100)(1)

 768.533   426.030      

Food and Beverages

 258.154 1.7 264.398 1.4    

Food

 258.410 1.7 265.040 1.5    

Food at home

 241.153 0.5 250.784 0.3 251.406 -0.8

Food away from home

 285.507 3.2 289.738 3.0    

Alcoholic beverages

 253.314 2.0 255.136 0.5    

Housing

 267.263 2.8 288.578 1.4    

Shelter

 319.679 3.4 360.222 2.0 350.608 3.7

Rent of primary residence(2)

 332.638 3.7 363.327 3.0 361.660 2.8

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

 326.977 3.3 371.150 2.2 372.487 3.8

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

 327.015 3.4 370.844 2.2 372.487 3.8

Fuels and utilities

 244.540 -0.2 224.096 -2.1    

Household energy

 201.914 -1.2 196.855 -2.9 229.969 -1.7

Energy services(2)(4)

 205.900 -0.8 194.676 -2.2 238.023 -0.5

Electricity(2)

 217.811 -0.1 201.494 -2.6 289.107 -0.9

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

 167.803 -3.5 168.411 -1.4 153.736 0.4

Household furnishings and operations

 123.818 2.2 119.941 0.7    

Apparel

 123.641 1.0 128.731 0.5    

Transportation

 211.084 -1.1 208.236 -0.7    

Private transportation

 206.979 -1.3 200.355 -1.3    

Motor fuel

 234.746 -7.0 232.861 -6.9 233.929 -6.7

Gasoline

 233.625 -7.1 231.814 -6.9 231.246 -6.7

Medical Care

 500.916 3.5 528.447 4.6    

Recreation(5)

 120.458 1.2 127.197 2.8    

Education and Communication(5)

 138.154 0.6 145.094 2.4    

Other Goods and Services

 453.074 2.3 502.699 2.8    

Energy

 216.978 -4.4 211.696 -4.8 230.023 -4.0

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.

 

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
Aug
2019		 Percent change from
Aug
2018		 Aug
2019		 Percent change from
Aug
2018		 Aug
2019		 Percent change from
Aug
2018

All Items

 250.112 1.5 266.409 1.4    

All Items (1967 = 100)(1)

 745.009   416.116      

Food and Beverages

 257.021 1.7 263.114 1.4    

Food

 256.950 1.7 263.560 1.4    

Food at home

 240.490 0.5 249.821 0.3 245.291 -0.8

Food away from home

 285.695 3.2 290.941 3.0    

Alcoholic beverages

 257.181 2.0 254.116 0.5    

Housing

 263.156 2.8 286.284 1.5    

Shelter

 312.304 3.4 356.080 2.1 354.877 3.4

Rent of primary residence(2)

 329.282 3.8 358.553 3.0 361.660 2.8

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

 295.166 3.3 326.545 2.1 327.352 3.8

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

 295.196 3.3 326.578 2.1 327.352 3.8

Fuels and utilities

 242.865 -0.3 225.162 -2.2    

Household energy

 200.327 -1.2 197.896 -3.1 227.628 -1.1

Energy services(2)(4)

 204.818 -0.9 196.098 -2.5 237.150 -0.5

Electricity(2)

 214.921 -0.1 202.530 -2.8 289.109 -0.9

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

 167.379 -4.0 169.427 -1.9 153.740 0.4

Household furnishings and operations

 117.768 1.7 112.635 1.2    

Apparel

 123.166 0.8 127.588 0.5    

Transportation

 210.822 -1.4 210.868 -0.9    

Private transportation

 207.499 -1.6 204.065 -1.4    

Motor fuel

 235.591 -7.0 232.460 -6.8 233.923 -6.7

Gasoline

 234.608 -7.0 231.545 -6.8 231.249 -6.7

Medical Care

 506.108 3.7 528.126 4.6    

Recreation(5)

 115.189 0.9 127.527 2.2    

Education and Communication(5)

 125.893 0.0 131.188 2.1    

Other Goods and Services

 496.249 2.8 580.291 2.9    

Energy

 216.638 -4.6 212.155 -4.9 227.453 -4.0

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.