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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
Aug
2017		 Percent change from
Aug
2016		 Aug
2017		 Percent change from
Aug
2016		 Aug
2017		 Percent change from
Aug
2016

All Items

 245.519 1.9 259.508 1.6    

All Items (1967 = 100)(1)

 735.466   408.647      

Food and Beverages

 250.212 1.1 255.542 1.3    

Food

 250.493 1.1 255.701 1.3    

Food at home

 238.843 0.3 246.165 0.6 246.810 -0.1

Food away from home

 269.522 2.2 273.329 2.3    

Alcoholic beverages

 245.042 1.3 252.291 0.6    

Housing

 252.615 2.9 276.330 2.1    

Shelter

 299.157 3.3 343.129 2.0 322.992 2.3

Rent of primary residence(2)

 309.479 3.9 344.403 2.7 334.621 3.2

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

 306.201 3.3 353.634 2.0 343.070 2.3

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

 306.198 3.3 353.382 2.0 343.070 2.3

Fuels and utilities

 241.936 3.2 217.229 4.8    

Household energy

 203.169 3.2 191.943 5.3 219.162 9.3

Energy services(2)(4)

 208.454 2.9 193.794 4.6 233.409 9.1

Electricity(2)

 219.078 2.3 202.525 3.0 275.211 9.4

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

 173.646 5.4 161.586 9.1 153.058 8.3

Household furnishings and operations

 120.236 -0.7 119.127 -0.9    

Apparel

 124.147 -0.6 130.769 -0.6    

Transportation

 200.652 2.8 199.211 2.2    

Private transportation

 196.210 3.1 191.503 2.6    

Motor fuel

 209.881 10.3 208.871 14.0 205.422 11.3

Gasoline

 209.000 10.4 208.022 14.0 203.194 11.3

Medical Care

 476.869 1.8 495.072 1.4    

Recreation(5)

 118.875 1.5 124.053 2.5    

Education and Communication(5)

 135.702 -2.6 139.020 -1.8    

Other Goods and Services

 433.328 2.2 476.618 2.2    

Energy

 205.894 6.4 198.899 8.8 211.611 10.1

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
Aug
2017		 Percent change from
Aug
2016		 Aug
2017		 Percent change from
Aug
2016		 Aug
2017		 Percent change from
Aug
2016

All Items

 239.448 1.9 255.723 1.7    

All Items (1967 = 100)(1)

 713.243   399.426      

Food and Beverages

 249.417 1.1 254.506 1.4    

Food

 249.377 1.1 254.557 1.5    

Food at home

 238.096 0.4 245.196 0.9 240.519 -0.1

Food away from home

 269.816 2.3 274.373 2.5    

Alcoholic beverages

 249.053 1.5 251.735 0.7    

Housing

 248.900 3.0 273.903 2.3    

Shelter

 291.965 3.4 338.939 2.1 327.169 2.5

Rent of primary residence(2)

 306.333 3.9 339.746 2.6 334.621 3.2

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

 276.477 3.2 311.249 1.9 301.500 2.3

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

 276.489 3.2 311.282 1.9 301.500 2.3

Fuels and utilities

 240.587 3.1 218.731 5.0    

Household energy

 201.665 3.1 193.480 5.6 218.273 9.2

Energy services(2)(4)

 207.388 2.9 194.849 5.2 230.112 9.1

Electricity(2)

 216.362 2.3 203.725 3.4 275.212 9.4

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

 173.112 5.5 162.174 9.9 153.062 8.3

Household furnishings and operations

 114.956 -0.8 111.267 -0.6    

Apparel

 123.258 -0.5 130.541 -0.3    

Transportation

 199.574 3.1 201.091 2.6    

Private transportation

 196.076 3.3 194.382 2.8    

Motor fuel

 210.585 10.2 208.362 13.6 205.422 11.3

Gasoline

 209.814 10.2 207.654 13.6 203.197 11.3

Medical Care

 481.530 1.9 495.250 1.6    

Recreation(5)

 114.299 1.5 125.528 3.4    

Education and Communication(5)

 124.732 -4.0 126.222 -3.2    

Other Goods and Services

 472.148 2.5 547.429 2.2    

Energy

 204.783 6.5 198.996 9.0 208.136 10.1

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.