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
Aug
2008
Percent change from
Aug
2007
Aug
2008
Percent change from
Aug
2007
Aug
2008
Percent change from
Aug
2007

All Items

219.086 5.4 233.788 5.5    

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

656.284  

368.145  

   

Food and Beverages

216.419 5.9 220.693 5.7    

Food

216.422 6.1 220.373 5.8    

Food at home

217.259 7.5 221.916 7.3 222.748 6.2

Food away from home

217.063 4.5 221.490 3.9    

Alcoholic beverages

215.094 3.3 223.754 4.9    

Housing

219.148 3.8 247.506 4.5    

Shelter

247.985 2.4 288.753 2.1 276.610 0.8

Rent of primary residence (2)

244.181 3.8 276.510 4.4 272.083 1.1

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

252.957 2.5 294.241 1.9 281.392 -1.8

Fuels and utilities

235.650 15.3 251.685 22.1    

Household energy

217.455 17.3 240.427 24.0 254.627 34.8

Gas (piped) and electricity (2)

218.656 14.7 231.892 16.5 247.362 25.9

Electricity (2)

200.795 9.1 209.483 12.2 217.064 10.4

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

272.982 29.3 272.050 24.4 295.651 61.8

Household furnishings and operations

128.013 1.2 128.708 0.3    

Apparel

116.376 1.7 115.467 1.3    

Transportation

206.739 12.1 203.979 11.5    

Private transportation

201.779 11.8 197.550 11.4    

Motor fuel

323.822 35.9 314.987 35.1 319.597 35.1

Gasoline

321.511 35.6 312.446 34.8 313.524 34.3

Medical Care

364.477 3.3 388.040 3.3    

Recreation (4)

113.786 2.4 116.027 2.5    

Education and Communication (4)

124.653 3.6 128.371 5.1    

Other Goods and Services

346.990 4.1 373.378 5.3    

Energy

266.283 27.2 271.624 29.1 282.014 35.1

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
Aug
2008
Percent change from
Aug
2007
Aug
2008
Percent change from
Aug
2007
Aug
2008
Percent change from
Aug
2007

All Items

215.247 5.9 230.790 6.2    

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

641.155  

360.481  

   

Food and Beverages

215.850 6.0 220.013 5.8    

Food

215.812 6.2 219.787 5.9    

Food at home

216.214 7.4 220.531 7.1 218.068 5.9

Food away from home

217.002 4.6 221.932 4.2    

Alcoholic beverages

214.931 3.2 221.256 4.8    

Housing

214.743 4.2 243.022 4.9    

Shelter

240.038 2.5 281.120 2.2 274.175 -0.2

Rent of primary residence (2)

243.010 3.6 273.830 4.2 272.083 1.1

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

229.219 2.5 258.885 1.9 247.295 -1.8

Fuels and utilities

233.373 15.3 247.982 22.4    

Household energy

213.807 17.1 235.804 24.3 241.340 33.2

Gas (piped) and electricity (2)

216.557 14.9 230.415 17.6 246.517 27.0

Electricity (2)

199.151 9.5 208.904 13.4 217.064 10.4

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

273.160 29.8 270.258 25.7 295.659 61.8

Household furnishings and operations

123.944 1.4 122.658 0.6    

Apparel

116.214 1.8 116.108 2.2    

Transportation

207.796 12.8 209.204 12.9    

Private transportation

204.348 12.8 204.601 13.0    

Motor fuel

325.116 36.0 314.882 35.1 319.613 35.1

Gasoline

322.930 35.6 312.483 34.7 313.528 34.3

Medical Care

364.652 3.4 384.790 3.2    

Recreation (4)

110.698 2.3 115.724 3.2    

Education and Communication (4)

120.809 3.3 122.722 4.5    

Other Goods and Services

360.102 4.6 404.383 6.8    

Energy

267.624 27.8 270.671 29.6 273.185 34.7

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.