New England - Consumer Prices

 

Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers, all items, in the U.S., Northeast, and Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT metropolitan area (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Area

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data		 Annual
average
2007		 Jul
2008		 Aug
2008		 Percent change
Annual
average
2006 to
2007		 12 months
ended
Jul
2008		 Aug
2008

U.S. City Average
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 207.342 219.964 219.086 2.8 5.6 5.4

Northeast region (1)

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 220.512 234.545 233.788 2.6 5.7 5.5

Northeast City Size Class (population)

  

A (over 1.5 million)
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 223.036 236.460 236.107 2.6 5.5 5.3

B/C (50,000-1.5 million) (2)

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 130.139 139.623 138.537 2.6 6.3 6.1

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT metropolitan area

  

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT (3)

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 227.409 241.258   1.9 6.3  

Footnotes
(1) The Northeast region includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
(2) December 1996=100.
(3) Published in alternate months.

SOURCE: Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.
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