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New York-New Jersey Consumer Price Index Card

 
Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Indexes and percent changes for selected periods, New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item and Group Indexes Percent change from-
Jun
2017		 Jul
2017		 Aug
2017		 Aug
2016		 Jun
2017		 Jul
2017

Expenditure category

All items

 268.666 268.051 268.657 1.7 0.0 0.2

All items (1967=100)

 776.676 774.899 776.650      

Food and beverages

 260.358 260.865 260.948 1.6 0.2 0.0

Food

 260.545 261.032 261.084 1.7 0.2 0.0

Food at home

 252.020 252.610 252.606 1.4 0.2 0.0

Food away from home

 279.633 279.985 280.119 2.1 0.2 0.0

Alcoholic beverages

 253.397 254.156 254.669 0.1 0.5 0.2

Housing

 292.150 292.019 292.898 2.3 0.3 0.3

Shelter

 367.964 368.840 370.744 2.5 0.8 0.5

Rent of primary residence(1)

 380.805 381.149 383.150 2.9 0.6 0.5

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(1)(2)

 373.598 374.320 376.331 2.4 0.7 0.5

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(1)(2)

 373.131 373.857 375.867 2.4 0.7 0.5

Fuels and utilities

 194.257 191.358 189.107 4.1 -2.7 -1.2

Household energy

 186.904 183.578 181.001 4.4 -3.2 -1.4

Energy services(1)(3)

 182.293 179.315 175.878 3.3 -3.5 -1.9

Electricity(1)

 191.065 189.160 185.424 0.6 -3.0 -2.0

Utility (piped) gas service(1)

 156.941 152.258 149.533 9.9 -4.7 -1.8

Household furnishings and operations

 111.310 109.606 109.195 -1.6 -1.9 -0.4

Apparel

 125.432 122.042 128.373 -1.1 2.3 5.2

Transportation

 214.975 211.441 211.533 2.0 -1.6 0.0

Private transportation

 199.316 197.831 199.166 3.1 -0.1 0.7

Motor fuel

 197.139 193.183 199.087 15.9 1.0 3.1

Gasoline (all types)

 196.336 192.374 198.243 15.9 1.0 3.1

Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)

 194.868 190.888 197.110 16.8 1.2 3.3

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 206.678 203.080 206.501 11.4 -0.1 1.7

Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)

 208.703 204.816 208.204 10.5 -0.2 1.7

Medical care

 475.291 476.764 476.319 1.5 0.2 -0.1

Recreation(6)

 123.336 123.631 123.381 3.2 0.0 -0.2

Education and communication(6)

 142.064 142.300 141.397 -1.1 -0.5 -0.6

Other goods and services

 421.643 423.644 420.290 1.4 -0.3 -0.8

Commodity and service group

All items

 268.666 268.051 268.657 1.7 0.0 0.2

Commodities

 187.132 185.878 187.098 1.1 0.0 0.7

Commodities less food and beverages

 142.545 140.548 142.224 0.7 -0.2 1.2

Nondurables less food and beverages

 180.274 177.281 180.952 2.8 0.4 2.1

Durables

 94.529 93.665 93.246 -3.2 -1.4 -0.4

Services

 337.562 337.418 337.573 2.0 0.0 0.0

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care

 259.685 258.985 259.633 1.7 0.0 0.3

All items less shelter

 229.351 228.127 228.207 1.2 -0.5 0.0

Commodities less food

 146.748 144.826 146.474 0.6 -0.2 1.1

Nondurables

 221.822 220.460 222.470 2.1 0.3 0.9

Nondurables less food

 184.738 181.961 185.451 2.6 0.4 1.9

Services less rent of shelter(2)

 315.428 314.170 312.425 1.3 -1.0 -0.6

Services less medical care services

 326.332 325.986 326.062 1.9 -0.1 0.0

Energy

 193.402 189.791 190.395 8.7 -1.6 0.3

All items less energy

 277.861 277.521 278.132 1.3 0.1 0.2

All items less food and energy

 282.754 282.273 282.983 1.2 0.1 0.3

Footnotes
 (1) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.
(2) Index is on a December 1982=100 base.
(3) This index series was formerly titled Gas (piped) and electricity.
(4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
(5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
(6) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.

Note: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
The New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA consolidated area comprises the five boroughs of New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, and Orange Counties in New York State; Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Monmouth, Middlesex, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren Counties in New Jersey; Fairfield County and parts of Litchfield, New Haven, and Middlesex Counties in Connecticut; and Pike County in Pennsylvania.

 

Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
CPI-U Indexes Percent change to Aug 2017 from- Percent change to Jul 2017 from-
May
2017		 Jun
2017		 Jul
2017		 Aug
2017		 Aug
2016		 Jun
2017		 Jul
2017		 Jul
2016		 May
2017		 Jun
2017

U.S. city average

 244.733 244.955 244.786 245.519 1.9 0.2 0.3 1.7 0.0 -0.1

U.S. city average (1967=100)

 733.110 733.775 733.269 735.466            

Region

Northeast urban

 259.386 259.335 258.833 259.508 1.6 0.1 0.3 1.3 -0.2 -0.2

Midwest urban

 229.705 229.780 229.820 230.443 1.5 0.3 0.3 1.3 0.1 0.0

South urban

 236.774 237.346 236.942 237.892 1.9 0.2 0.4 1.6 0.1 -0.2

West urban

 254.380 254.469 254.708 255.282 2.7 0.3 0.2 2.5 0.1 0.1

Selected local areas(1)

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI(2)

 233.443 233.407 233.514 234.200 2.3 0.3 0.3 2.2 0.0 0.0

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA(2)

 255.674 255.275 256.023 256.739 2.8 0.6 0.3 2.5 0.1 0.3

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA(2)

 268.183 268.666 268.051 268.657 1.7 0.0 0.2 1.6 0.0 -0.2

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT(3)

 266.256   266.429         2.2 0.1  

Cleveland-Akron, OH(3)

 223.089   223.529         0.7 0.2  

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX(3)

 225.264   225.613         1.9 0.2  

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV(3)(4)

 158.844   158.850         0.7 0.0  

Atlanta, GA(5)

   233.882   235.818 3.5 0.8        

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI(5)

   226.525   226.759 1.3 0.1        

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX(5)

   220.805   221.255 2.2 0.2        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL(5)

   255.134   255.898 2.3 0.3        

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD(5)

   247.713   248.919 1.4 0.5        

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA(5)

   275.304   275.893 3.0 0.2        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA(5)

   263.756   263.333 2.5 -0.2        

Footnotes
 (1) In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phonex-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
(2) Area data published monthly.
(3) Area data published bimonthly (January, March, May, July, September, November).
(4) Index on a November 1996=100 base.
(5) Area data published bimonthly (February, April, June, August, October, December).

Regions are defined as follows:
Northeast-Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont;
South-Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia;
Midwest- Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; and
West- Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

 

Table 3. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
CPI-W Indexes Percent change to Aug 2017 from- Percent change to Jul 2017 from-
May
2017		 Jun
2017		 Jul
2017		 Aug
2017		 Aug
2016		 Jun
2017		 Jul
2017		 Jul
2016		 May
2017		 Jun
2017

U.S. city average

 238.609 238.813 238.617 239.448 1.9 0.3 0.3 1.6 0.0 -0.1

U.S. city average (1967=100)

 710.744 711.352 710.766 713.243            

Region

Northeast urban

 255.598 255.462 254.887 255.723 1.7 0.1 0.3 1.4 -0.3 -0.2

Midwest urban

 223.575 223.625 223.626 224.366 1.3 0.3 0.3 1.2 0.0 0.0

South urban

 232.494 233.064 232.658 233.691 1.8 0.3 0.4 1.5 0.1 -0.2

West urban

 246.096 246.155 246.373 246.978 2.8 0.3 0.2 2.5 0.1 0.1

Selected local areas(1)

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI(2)

 224.984 224.718 224.942 225.642 1.9 0.4 0.3 1.8 0.0 0.1

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA(2)

 246.153 245.900 246.681 247.260 2.9 0.6 0.2 2.5 0.2 0.3

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA(2)

 262.825 263.205 262.577 263.489 2.0 0.1 0.3 1.7 -0.1 -0.2

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT(3)

 264.713   265.002         2.2 0.1  

Cleveland-Akron, OH(3)

 212.936   213.214         0.7 0.1  

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX(3)

 230.106   230.395         1.9 0.1  

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV(3)(4)

 158.768   158.624         0.9 -0.1  

Atlanta, GA(5)

   230.677   232.927 3.5 1.0        

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI(5)

   221.132   221.213 1.1 0.0        

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX(5)

   215.829   216.384 2.0 0.3        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL(5)

   250.910   251.206 1.9 0.1        

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD(5)

   248.833   250.152 1.5 0.5        

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA(5)

   269.508   269.827 2.9 0.1        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA(5)

   259.487   259.528 2.8 0.0        

Footnotes
 (1) In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phonex-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
(2) Area data published monthly.
(3) Area data published bimonthly (January, March, May, July, September, November).
(4) Index on a November 1996=100 base.
(5) Area data published bimonthly (February, April, June, August, October, December).

Regions are defined as follows:
Northeast-Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont;
South-Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia;
Midwest- Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; and
West- Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.