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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
Apr
2023
Percent change from
Apr
2022
Apr
2023
Percent change from
Apr
2022
Apr
2023
Percent change from
Apr
2022

All Items

303.363 4.9 311.848 3.8    

All Items (1967 = 100)(1)

908.742   491.065      

Food and Beverages

319.085 7.5 321.924 7.3    

Food

321.566 7.7 324.220 7.4    

Food at home

302.328 7.1 306.734 7.0 308.560 9.8

Food away from home

351.237 8.6 353.192 8.1    

Alcoholic beverages

283.961 4.6 290.272 5.5    

Housing

317.278 7.5 333.309 5.7    

Shelter

376.636 8.1 406.734 6.3 404.537 7.3

Rent of primary residence(2)

394.898 8.8 409.454 6.9 418.223 8.1

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

385.366 8.1 419.513 6.1 432.058 7.0

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

385.453 8.1 419.161 6.1 432.058 7.0

Fuels and utilities

299.962 4.8 292.031 2.3    

Household energy

251.991 4.5 261.072 1.4 366.860 9.4

Energy services(2)(4)

255.185 5.9 255.735 5.9 395.562 17.9

Electricity(2)

263.216 8.4 263.170 9.4 460.702 27.3

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

226.062 -2.1 223.256 -0.9 271.128 -0.4

Household furnishings and operations

149.650 5.3 144.516 4.5    

Apparel

131.762 3.6 134.380 3.6    

Transportation

267.402 0.2 256.154 0.2    

Private transportation

265.893 0.2 253.727 0.1    

Motor fuel

319.843 -12.4 300.236 -14.0 299.680 -16.8

Gasoline

318.482 -12.2 299.268 -13.8 296.466 -16.8

Medical Care

547.219 1.1 560.352 -1.4    

Recreation(5)

136.375 5.0 138.529 1.6    

Education and Communication(5)

145.449 1.6 154.437 1.3    

Other Goods and Services

533.706 6.6 587.742 6.4    

Energy

283.352 -5.1 277.641 -5.7 336.551 -1.7

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
Apr
2023
Percent change from
Apr
2022
Apr
2023
Percent change from
Apr
2022
Apr
2023
Percent change from
Apr
2022

All Items

297.730 4.6 309.017 3.5    

All Items (1967 = 100)(1)

886.847   482.668      

Food and Beverages

318.512 7.5 320.325 7.2    

Food

320.050 7.6 322.125 7.2    

Food at home

301.898 7.0 306.221 6.9 302.534 10.1

Food away from home

351.800 8.6 353.617 7.8    

Alcoholic beverages

290.890 5.0 289.306 5.9    

Housing

313.432 7.6 332.733 6.0    

Shelter

369.066 8.4 401.880 6.4 409.875 7.2

Rent of primary residence(2)

392.754 9.1 403.802 6.9 418.223 8.1

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

347.888 8.1 369.055 6.0 379.705 7.0

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

347.912 8.1 369.094 6.0 379.705 7.0

Fuels and utilities

297.145 5.0 292.476 2.8    

Household energy

249.130 4.8 261.392 2.0 367.953 11.9

Energy services(2)(4)

253.001 5.8 255.581 5.5 392.165 18.1

Electricity(2)

259.283 8.3 262.459 9.3 460.704 27.3

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

223.858 -3.3 224.700 -0.9 271.135 -0.4

Household furnishings and operations

142.895 5.0 140.727 5.9    

Apparel

131.980 3.7 134.524 2.8    

Transportation

271.535 -0.1 260.174 -0.8    

Private transportation

269.807 -0.2 256.873 -1.0    

Motor fuel

321.737 -12.1 299.637 -13.9 299.654 -16.8

Gasoline

320.637 -11.9 299.163 -13.6 296.471 -16.8

Medical Care

554.483 0.8 550.454 -3.5    

Recreation(5)

129.872 4.6 139.522 1.6    

Education and Communication(5)

131.263 1.1 139.309 1.1    

Other Goods and Services

587.540 6.4 678.821 6.0    

Energy

283.757 -5.4 277.747 -5.9 332.819 -1.7

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.