Northeast Information Office

Prices in the Boston area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), rose 0.7 percent over the two months ending in September 2024.

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area increased 0.4 percent in September.

Prices in the Northeast Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), rose 0.3 percent in September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

In July 2024, Massachusetts had 176,000 job openings, at a rate of 4.5 percent. The unemployed-per-job-opening ratio was 0.8.

Gasoline prices averaged $3.581 a gallon in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton area in August 2024, down 28.6 cents compared to August 2023.