New England Consumer Price Index Card

 

Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city averages and selected areas, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Item U.S. City
Average		 Northeast
region		 Boston-
Brockton-
Nashua
Jul
2008		 Percent change from
Jul
2007		 Jul
2008		 Percent change from
Jul
2007		 Jul
2008		 Percent change from
Jul
2007

All Items

 219.964 5.6 234.545 5.7 241.258 6.3

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

658.915  

369.336  

701.224  

Food and Beverages

 215.326 5.8 219.381 5.4 224.591 5.1

Food

 215.299 6.0 219.022 5.5 224.933 4.9

Food at home

 215.785 7.1 219.811 6.5 218.626 5.2

Food away from home

 216.376 4.6 221.073 4.1 236.645 4.5

Alcoholic beverages

 214.394 3.3 222.971 4.6 222.547 6.8

Housing

 219.610 3.9 248.478 4.5 246.619 6.1

Shelter

 248.075 2.5 289.487 2.1 280.020 2.2

Rent of primary residence (2)

243.367 3.7 275.313 4.2 272.176 1.3

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (2) (3)

252.504 2.6 293.833 2.2 282.216 -1.1

Fuels and utilities

 239.039 16.0 255.437 22.5 297.291 36.8

Household energy

 221.742 18.2 244.871 24.7 264.913 40.0

Gas (piped) and electricity (2)

221.805 14.8 231.272 14.2 249.282 26.2

Electricity (2)

199.068 7.9 203.777 7.7 217.064 10.4

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

291.713 32.7 284.371 27.1 301.286 62.0

Household furnishings and operations

 127.884 0.8 128.437 -0.2 126.639 2.4

Apparel

 114.357 0.8 111.732 0.2 117.327 -10.0

Transportation

 212.806 13.4 209.419 12.9 198.520 12.0

Private transportation

 208.038 13.3 203.358 13.1 198.087 11.9

Motor fuel

 349.731 38.3 339.083 38.3 347.173 40.0

Gasoline

 347.357 37.9 336.470 38.0 341.250 39.4

Medical Care

 363.963 3.5 388.202 3.4 499.036 3.6

Recreation (4)

113.277 1.7 115.904 2.5 118.310 1.4

Education and Communication (4)

123.445 3.7 126.702 5.1 131.531 9.9

Other Goods and Services

 346.810 4.0 373.338 5.2 376.395 8.5

Energy

 280.833 29.3 284.330 31.1 299.805 40.4

Footnotes
(1) For the Northeast, December 1977 = 100.
(2) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
(3) Index is on a December 1982=100 base.
(4) Indexes are on a December 1997=100 base.

Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Boston-Brockton-Nashua includes the PMSAs of Boston, Brockton, Fitchburg-Leominster, Lawrence, Lowell, Manchester, Nashua, New Bedford, Portsmouth-Rochester, and Worcester.

 

Consumer Price Indexes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), U.S. city averages and selected areas, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Item U.S. City
Average		 Northeast
region		 Boston-
Brockton-
Nashua
Jul
2008		 Percent change from
Jul
2007		 Jul
2008		 Percent change from
Jul
2007		 Jul
2008		 Percent change from
Jul
2007

All Items

 216.304 6.2 231.488 6.2 240.511 6.2

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

644.303  

361.572  

695.164  

Food and Beverages

 214.662 5.8 218.543 5.5 222.161 4.9

Food

 214.577 6.0 218.267 5.6 222.706 4.8

Food at home

 214.679 7.0 218.486 6.4 214.020 4.8

Food away from home

 216.177 4.6 221.169 4.3 240.252 4.7

Alcoholic beverages

 214.440 3.3 220.653 4.6 216.208 5.4

Housing

 215.026 4.3 243.497 4.8 243.094 4.9

Shelter

 239.845 2.6 281.248 2.1 276.046 0.7

Rent of primary residence (2)

242.276 3.6 272.735 4.1 272.176 1.3

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (2) (3)

228.824 2.6 258.496 2.2 248.020 -1.1

Fuels and utilities

 236.381 15.7 250.769 22.1 283.799 34.2

Household energy

 217.640 17.8 239.150 24.0 248.471 36.7

Gas (piped) and electricity (2)

219.612 15.0 229.524 14.9 248.383 27.2

Electricity (2)

197.411 8.3 202.854 8.4 217.064 10.4

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

292.916 33.5 283.379 28.4 301.294 62.0

Household furnishings and operations

 123.798 1.0 122.332 0.0 125.897 3.1

Apparel

 113.978 0.7 112.149 0.6 126.931 -13.6

Transportation

 214.533 14.4 215.694 14.7 209.820 14.4

Private transportation

 211.201 14.4 211.417 15.0 208.180 14.4

Motor fuel

 351.124 38.3 338.775 38.3 347.196 40.0

Gasoline

 348.888 37.9 336.306 37.9 341.255 39.4

Medical Care

 363.942 3.6 384.912 3.3 491.170 4.0

Recreation (4)

110.198 1.7 115.685 3.2 123.383 2.7

Education and Communication (4)

119.852 3.3 121.487 4.5 126.565 8.2

Other Goods and Services

 359.961 4.6 404.282 6.7 417.162 11.0

Energy

 282.579 29.7 283.401 31.4 289.776 39.5

Footnotes
(1) For the Northeast, December 1977 = 100.
(2) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
(3) Index is on a December 1982=100 base.
(4) Indexes are on a December 1997=100 base.

Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Boston-Brockton-Nashua includes the PMSAs of Boston, Brockton, Fitchburg-Leominster, Lawrence, Lowell, Manchester, Nashua, New Bedford, Portsmouth-Rochester, and Worcester.