Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — November 2020

Area prices up 0.4 percent over two months; up 0.4 percent from a year ago

The January 2021 Consumer Price Index for Boston-Cambridge-Newton area is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, February 10, 2021, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Indexes and percent changes for selected periods, Boston-Cambridge-Newton, Ma.-N.H. (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted) (not seasonally adjusted)
Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from
Expenditure category	Historical data	Sep. 2020	Oct. 2020	Nov. 2020	Nov. 2019	Sep. 2020	Oct. 2020
All items		283.391		284.622	0.4	0.4
All items (1967 = 100)		823.682		827.261

Food and beverages		283.178		281.719	5.0	-0.5
Food		285.154		283.592	5.1	-0.5
Food at home		267.186	266.773	263.667	4.7	-1.3	-1.2
Cereal and bakery products		320.074		313.740	4.2	-2.0
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		285.734		281.169	9.8	-1.6
Dairy and related products		291.053		300.566	5.7	3.3
Fruits and vegetables		354.133		339.294	6.2	-4.2
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		162.718		170.712	4.8	4.9
Other food at home		205.611		199.395	-0.5	-3.0
Food away from home		316.585		318.495	5.7	0.6
Alcoholic beverages		265.514		265.117	3.5	-0.1

Housing		297.786		300.804	1.2	1.0
Shelter		358.916	358.279	358.708	1.8	-0.1	0.1
Rent of primary residence(2)		375.284	374.695	375.595	3.2	0.1	0.2
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)(3)(4)		385.336	384.679	385.294	2.8	0.0	0.2
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)(3)(4)		385.336	384.679	385.294	2.8	0.0	0.2
Fuels and utilities		261.519		293.352	-2.9	12.2
Household energy		213.780	212.629	243.263	-4.8	13.8	14.4
Energy services(2)		229.664	227.967	268.291	-0.2	16.8	17.7
Electricity(2)		282.198	282.663	293.256	-3.6	3.9	3.7
Utility (piped) gas service(2)		142.251	137.916	213.062	6.5	49.8	54.5
Household furnishings and operations		128.480		130.111	0.7	1.3

Apparel		128.971		119.418	-12.0	-7.4

Transportation		180.884		185.881	-2.5	2.8
Private transportation		184.528		187.393	-2.2	1.6
New and used motor vehicles(5)		103.868		108.971	5.9	4.9
New Vehicles(1)		204.111		217.381	5.9	6.5
Used cars and trucks(1)		347.173		346.876	9.6	-0.1
Motor fuel		188.492	184.021	182.899	-18.0	-3.0	-0.6
Gasoline (all types)		186.222	181.768	180.648	-18.1	-3.0	-0.6
Gasoline, unleaded regular(6)		178.631	174.179	172.966	-18.9	-3.2	-0.7
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(6)(7)		210.033	207.262	206.408	-12.9	-1.7	-0.4
Gasoline, unleaded premium(6)		209.347	205.434	205.244	-12.8	-2.0	-0.1
Motor vehicle insurance(1)

Medical care		694.815		692.641	-1.3	-0.3

Recreation(5)		116.973		114.852	-5.9	-1.8

Education and communication(5)		173.025		173.249	1.1	0.1
Tuition, other fees, and child care(1)		1,422.666		1,425.876	2.3	0.2

Other goods and services		513.063		519.783	3.1	1.3

Commodity and service group
Commodities		191.749		190.730	-0.4	-0.5
Commodities less food and beverages		145.869		145.076	-4.4	-0.5
Nondurables less food and beverages		183.602		178.035	-10.2	-3.0
Durables		108.257		110.985	3.5	2.5
Services		365.925		369.142	0.8	0.9

Special aggregate indexes
All items less shelter		255.434		257.330	-0.4	0.7
All items less medical care		267.775		269.116	0.5	0.5
Commodities less food		150.536		149.753	-3.9	-0.5
Nondurables		231.952		228.357	-1.7	-1.5
Nondurables less food		188.725		183.573	-8.9	-2.7
Services less rent of shelter(3)		389.959		397.989	-0.5	2.1
Services less medical care services		342.153		345.602	0.9	1.0
Energy		201.231	198.684	215.610	-10.0	7.1	8.5
All items less energy		294.507		294.732	1.1	0.1
All items less food and energy		297.102		297.618	0.4	0.2
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a January 1978=100 base. (2) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. (3) Indexes on a November 1982=100 base. (4) This index series underwent a change in composition in January 2010. The expenditure class now includes weight from secondary residences, and has been re-titled "Owners' equivalent rent of residences." The item stratum "Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence" excludes secondary residences. (5) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (6) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (7) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
Note: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

Last Modified Date: Friday, December 11, 2020

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Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — November 2020