The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area increased 0.4 percent in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Michael G. Phinney noted that the all items less food and energy index and the energy index rose, while the food index declined. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The New York-Newark-Jersey City area all items CPI-U advanced 3.4 percent for the 12 months ending in December. The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.2 percent. Over the same period, the indexes for food and energy increased 3.1 percent and 6.1 percent, respectively.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, December 2022–December 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Dec 2022	6.3	5.4
Jan 2023	6.0	5.7
Feb 2023	6.0	5.6
Mar 2023	4.6	5.1
Apr 2023	3.7	4.4
May 2023	3.5	5.1
Jun 2023	2.5	3.8
Jul 2023	3.2	4.4
Aug 2023	3.5	4.5
Sep 2023	3.7	4.1
Oct 2023	3.5	4.0
Nov 2023	3.0	3.9
Dec 2023	2.9	3.4
Jan 2024	3.1	3.7
Feb 2024	2.9	3.4
Mar 2024	3.4	3.5
Apr 2024	3.8	3.9
May 2024	3.9	4.0
Jun 2024	4.2	4.4
Jul 2024	4.1	4.3
Aug 2024	3.7	4.4
Sep 2024	3.8	4.5
Oct 2024	4.0	4.7
Nov 2024	4.3	5.2
Dec 2024	4.3	4.7
Jan 2025	4.0	4.4
Feb 2025	4.2	4.4
Mar 2025	3.8	4.2
Apr 2025	3.9	4.3
May 2025	3.4	3.6
Jun 2025	3.5	3.6
Jul 2025	3.2	3.1
Aug 2025	3.2	3.0
Sep 2025	3.0	2.8
Oct 2025	-	-
Nov 2025	3.0	2.5
Dec 2025	3.4	3.2
Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

Food prices decreased 0.2 percent in December. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) declined 0.5 percent, with lower prices in 5 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. Prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 0.2 percent.

Food prices increased 3.1 percent over the year. Prices for food at home rose 3.0 percent, and prices for food away from home increased 3.1 percent. Five of the six major grocery store food group indexes increased over the year.

The energy index ticked up 0.1 percent over the month. Gasoline prices declined 2.3 percent.

Energy prices increased 6.1 percent from December 2024 to December 2025. Over the year, gasoline prices decreased 0.7 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.5 percent in December. A 1.0-percent rise in shelter prices included increases in owners’ equivalent rent (+0.7 percent), rent of primary residence (+0.6 percent), and lodging away from home. Additional indexes contributing to the increase included recreation (+1.4 percent) and household furnishings and operations (+1.2 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for education and communication (-0.6 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 3.2 percent over the year. The shelter index (+4.2 percent) was the largest contributor to the increase, as prices rose for owners’ equivalent rent (+3.8 percent), rent of primary residence (+3.9 percent), and lodging away from home. Prices for household furnishings and operations increased 6.9 percent.

The Consumer Price Index for January 2026 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Consumer Price Index for New York is published monthly. The set of components and sub-aggregates published for regional and metropolitan indexes is more limited than at the U.S. city average level; these indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a much smaller sample size than the national or regional indexes and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local-area indexes are more volatile than the national or regional indexes. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. NOTE: Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices between cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period.

The New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Core Based Statistical Area includes Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties in New York; Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, and Union Counties in New Jersey; and Pike County in Pennsylvania.

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Table 1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, CPI-U by expenditure category for December 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025
All items		-	348.620	350.003	3.4	-	0.4
All items (1967=100)		-	1,007.813	1,011.811	-	-	-
Food and beverages		-	352.999	352.305	2.9	-	-0.2
Food		-	355.302	354.588	3.1	-	-0.2
Food at home		-	333.322	331.683	3.0	-	-0.5
Cereals and bakery products		-	401.687	397.307	4.3	-	-1.1
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		-	345.265	342.993	4.5	-	-0.7
Dairy and related products		-	283.616	281.394	1.5	-	-0.8
Fruits and vegetables		-	385.363	383.073	-0.4	-	-0.6
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		-	339.729	338.262	5.1	-	-0.4
Other food at home		-	296.644	297.085	3.3	-	0.1
Food away from home		-	398.728	399.692	3.1	-	0.2
Alcoholic beverages		-	314.056	313.677	0.8	-	-0.1
Housing		-	386.596	390.710	4.8	-	1.1
Shelter		-	481.077	486.062	4.2	-	1.0
Rent of primary residence		-	493.131	495.917	3.9	-	0.6
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		-	498.106	501.375	3.8	-	0.7
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		-	497.489	500.754	3.8	-	0.7
Household furnishings and operations		-	146.775	148.586	6.9	-	1.2
Apparel		-	123.090	123.775	1.5	-	0.6
Transportation		-	291.219	288.510	0.5	-	-0.9
Private transportation		-	295.757	292.820	1.9	-	-1.0
New and used motor vehicles(3)		-	126.664	126.266	0.9	-	-0.3
New vehicles(1)		259.287	259.487	258.806	0.4	-0.2	-0.3
Used cars and trucks(1)		368.433	368.601	362.995	1.7	-1.5	-1.5
Motor fuel		-	246.981	241.452	-0.7	-	-2.2
Gasoline (all types)		246.090	245.854	240.322	-0.7	-2.3	-2.3
Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)		241.911	241.356	235.630	-1.0	-2.6	-2.4
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		269.057	268.854	264.274	0.1	-1.8	-1.7
Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)		277.284	278.986	274.407	0.6	-1.0	-1.6
Medical care		-	569.345	571.262	1.8	-	0.3
Recreation(3)		-	157.311	159.526	2.5	-	1.4
Education and communication(3)		-	168.886	167.828	2.1	-	-0.6
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		-	1,489.972	1,484.394	3.8	-	-0.4
Other goods and services		-	526.485	526.742	6.4	-	0.0
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1977=100 base. (2) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. NOTE: October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

Table 2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, CPI-U by special aggregate index for December 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025
All items		-	348.620	350.003	3.4	-	0.4
Food		-	355.302	354.588	3.1	-	-0.2
Energy		-	274.019	274.426	6.1	-	0.1
All items less food and energy		-	361.843	363.695	3.2	-	0.5
All items less energy		-	358.694	360.168	3.2	-	0.4
All items less medical care		-	338.754	340.112	3.5	-	0.4
All items less shelter		-	295.519	295.445	2.8	-	0.0
Commodities		-	229.594	229.421	2.2	-	-0.1
Commodities less food		-	166.137	166.178	1.5	-	0.0
Commodities less food & beverages		-	160.677	160.728	1.6	-	0.0
Durables		-	111.586	111.577	1.0	-	0.0
Nondurables		-	276.043	275.770	2.6	-	-0.1
Nondurables less food		-	204.491	204.600	2.0	-	0.1
Nondurables less food & beverages		-	197.654	197.793	2.1	-	0.1
Services		-	449.286	451.988	3.9	-	0.6
Services less rent of shelter(1)		-	427.902	428.304	3.6	-	0.1
Services less medical care services		-	435.391	438.114	4.0	-	0.6
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. NOTE: October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.