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Wednesday, February 12, 2025
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area increased 0.7 percent in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that prices for all items less food and energy increased 0.8 percent over the month. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)
The New York area all items CPI-U increased 4.0 percent for the 12 months ending in January. The index for all items less food and energy increased 4.4 percent over the year. Food prices rose 1.7 percent. Energy prices increased 3.3 percent.
FoodFood prices were unchanged for the month of January, as prices for food at home and for food away from home were flat. Grocery categories with higher January prices included meats, poultry, fish, and eggs, while those with lower prices included fruits and vegetables.
Food prices increased 1.7 percent over the year. Prices for food away from home rose 2.3 percent, and prices for food at home increased 1.3 percent.
EnergyThe energy index advanced 2.6 percent in January. Gasoline prices increased 1.7 percent.
The energy index increased 3.3 percent from January 2024 to January 2025. Over the year, the gasoline index declined 4.0 percent.
All items less food and energyThe index for all items less food and energy increased 0.8 percent in January. Components contributing to the increase included recreation (+4.9 percent), apparel (+6.4 percent), and shelter (+0.4 percent). Within shelter, prices rose for rent of primary residence (+0.2 percent) and lodging away from home.
Over the year, the index for all items less food and energy rose 4.4 percent. A 5.4-percent advance in shelter prices included increases of 5.9 percent for owners’ equivalent rent and 5.5 percent for rent of primary residence. Among the other price categories with annual increases were recreation (+9.2 percent) and education and communication (+3.0 percent).
The Consumer Price Index for February 2025 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).
In accordance with annual practice, relative importance weights have been updated and are available online in the CPI Supplemental Table of Contents.
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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.
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Expenditure category |
Indexes | Percent change from: | |||||
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Historical data |
Nov. 2024 |
Dec. 2024 |
Jan. 2025 |
Jan. 2024 |
Nov. 2024 |
Dec. 2024 |
|
All items |
338.535 | 338.610 | 341.144 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | |
All items (1967=100) |
978.659 | 978.873 | 986.199 | - | - | - | |
Food and beverages |
340.701 | 342.285 | 342.309 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
Food |
342.364 | 344.065 | 344.081 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
Food at home |
320.692 | 321.974 | 322.052 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |
Cereals and bakery products |
380.991 | 380.830 | 380.581 | -1.4 | -0.1 | -0.1 | |
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs |
326.319 | 328.336 | 336.566 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 | |
Dairy and related products |
276.359 | 277.344 | 275.313 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.7 | |
Fruits and vegetables |
381.786 | 384.443 | 376.126 | -1.6 | -1.5 | -2.2 | |
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1) |
320.977 | 321.879 | 327.048 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.6 | |
Other food at home |
286.826 | 287.548 | 285.421 | 1.8 | -0.5 | -0.7 | |
Food away from home |
385.128 | 387.583 | 387.488 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | |
Alcoholic beverages |
311.501 | 311.197 | 311.330 | 1.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | |
Housing |
371.019 | 372.852 | 374.771 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | |
Shelter |
465.192 | 466.673 | 468.314 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | |
Rent of primary residence |
475.507 | 477.103 | 478.226 | 5.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2) |
481.683 | 483.044 | 483.201 | 5.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2) |
481.086 | 482.446 | 482.603 | 5.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |
Household furnishings and operations |
139.163 | 138.969 | 138.949 | 4.1 | -0.2 | 0.0 | |
Apparel |
125.464 | 121.950 | 129.782 | -1.0 | 3.4 | 6.4 | |
Transportation |
288.916 | 286.999 | 286.937 | 3.6 | -0.7 | 0.0 | |
Private transportation |
287.747 | 287.235 | 289.104 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | |
New and used motor vehicles(3) |
125.506 | 125.200 | 125.907 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |
New vehicles(1) |
257.797 | 257.727 | 257.885 | -0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
Used cars and trucks(1) |
355.990 | 356.834 | 358.815 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | |
Motor fuel |
243.025 | 243.121 | 247.330 | -4.1 | 1.8 | 1.7 | |
Gasoline (all types) |
241.961 | 242.065 | 246.229 | -4.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | |
Gasoline, unleaded regular(4) |
237.852 | 237.968 | 242.288 | -4.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | |
264.208 | 264.129 | 267.664 | -4.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
Gasoline, unleaded premium(4) |
272.663 | 272.708 | 276.106 | -4.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | |
Medical care |
562.489 | 561.359 | 566.648 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.9 | |
Recreation(3) |
157.552 | 155.615 | 163.246 | 9.2 | 3.6 | 4.9 | |
Education and communication(3) |
164.166 | 164.431 | 164.760 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1) |
1,431.584 | 1,430.366 | 1,431.168 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
Other goods and services |
504.755 | 495.207 | 507.397 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | |
Footnotes |
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- Data not available. |
Special aggregate index |
Indexes | Percent change from: | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Historical data |
Nov. 2024 |
Dec. 2024 |
Jan. 2025 |
Jan. 2024 |
Nov. 2024 |
Dec. 2024 |
|
All items |
338.535 | 338.610 | 341.144 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | |
Food |
342.364 | 344.065 | 344.081 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
Energy |
252.766 | 258.750 | 265.420 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 2.6 | |
All items less food and energy |
352.992 | 352.278 | 354.928 | 4.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | |
All items less energy |
349.302 | 348.949 | 351.205 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | |
All items less medical care |
328.575 | 328.693 | 331.109 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 | |
All items less shelter |
287.782 | 287.272 | 290.172 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 | |
Commodities |
225.024 | 224.484 | 227.203 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | |
Commodities less food |
165.086 | 163.679 | 167.206 | -0.4 | 1.3 | 2.2 | |
Commodities less food & beverages |
159.673 | 158.253 | 161.832 | -0.4 | 1.4 | 2.3 | |
Durables |
110.776 | 110.509 | 111.126 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |
Nondurables |
269.334 | 268.689 | 272.564 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.4 | |
Nondurables less food |
203.253 | 200.557 | 207.673 | -0.8 | 2.2 | 3.5 | |
Nondurables less food & beverages |
196.479 | 193.654 | 201.199 | -1.0 | 2.4 | 3.9 | |
Services |
434.537 | 435.127 | 437.502 | 5.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | |
Services less rent of shelter(1) |
414.035 | 413.572 | 416.874 | 5.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | |
Services less medical care services |
420.637 | 421.223 | 423.593 | 6.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | |
- Data not available. |
Last Modified Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025