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
Sep
2008		 Percent change from
Sep
2007		 Sep
2008		 Percent change from
Sep
2007		 Sep
2008		 Percent change from
Sep
2007

All Items

 218.783 4.9 232.841 5.2 238.519 4.7

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

655.376  

366.653  

693.263  

Food and Beverages

 217.672 6.0 222.510 6.2 228.366 6.2

Food

 217.696 6.2 222.287 6.4 228.922 6.2

Food at home

 218.629 7.6 223.897 7.8 223.698 6.9

Food away from home

 218.225 4.5 223.347 4.6 239.263 5.5

Alcoholic beverages

 216.055 3.7 224.228 4.7 223.712 5.5

Housing

 218.184 3.5 244.361 3.9 237.827 2.2

Shelter

 247.737 2.4 287.076 2.3 274.081 -0.2

Rent of primary residence (2)

244.926 3.8 276.956 4.1 272.849 1.2

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

253.493 2.4 294.573 1.7 281.409 -2.2

Fuels and utilities

 228.450 11.8 237.234 15.7 258.169 18.8

Household energy

 209.501 13.1 224.987 16.8 227.225 20.2

Gas (piped) and electricity (2)

210.950 10.9 216.936 10.6 214.354 10.3

Electricity (2)

198.579 7.7 197.014 6.8 217.064 10.4

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

247.788 19.0 251.863 17.6 198.746 13.0

Household furnishings and operations

 128.584 1.9 128.767 0.8 125.583 2.2

Apparel

 121.168 1.4 123.837 2.6 148.274 2.6

Transportation

 203.861 10.5 200.550 10.3 190.531 9.5

Private transportation

 199.153 10.3 194.266 10.3 190.033 9.6

Motor fuel

 315.078 31.8 299.487 31.5 306.824 33.8

Gasoline

 313.535 31.7 297.278 31.3 301.791 33.4

Medical Care

 365.036 3.2 388.311 3.2 501.884 2.8

Recreation (4)

114.032 2.4 116.159 2.5 119.247 2.3

Education and Communication (4)

125.505 3.5 129.150 4.8 133.727 10.5

Other Goods and Services

 348.166 4.0 374.085 4.9 376.808 8.2

Energy

 258.020 23.1 256.169 23.5 261.098 26.9

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
Sep
2008		 Percent change from
Sep
2007		 Sep
2008		 Percent change from
Sep
2007		 Sep
2008		 Percent change from
Sep
2007

All Items

 214.935 5.4 229.949 5.7 238.133 4.7

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

640.226  

359.168  

688.291  

Food and Beverages

 217.098 6.1 221.866 6.4 225.956 5.9

Food

 217.090 6.3 221.731 6.5 226.653 6.0

Food at home

 217.594 7.5 222.518 7.7 218.920 6.4

Food away from home

 218.147 4.6 223.841 4.9 242.799 5.5

Alcoholic beverages

 215.728 3.6 221.570 4.7 217.225 4.0

Housing

 213.954 3.8 240.303 4.2 236.412 1.9

Shelter

 240.163 2.5 280.336 2.3 273.177 -0.7

Rent of primary residence (2)

243.741 3.6 274.247 3.9 272.849 1.2

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

229.670 2.4 259.201 1.8 247.310 -2.2

Fuels and utilities

 226.709 12.1 233.503 16.0 246.985 17.4

Household energy

 206.544 13.3 220.482 17.0 214.077 18.6

Gas (piped) and electricity (2)

209.442 11.4 215.313 11.6 214.433 11.9

Electricity (2)

197.036 8.1 195.729 7.5 217.064 10.4

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

248.702 20.0 251.148 19.7 198.751 13.0

Household furnishings and operations

 124.500 2.2 123.271 1.6 125.315 3.2

Apparel

 120.990 1.7 123.618 2.9 157.811 -1.4

Transportation

 204.785 11.1 204.845 11.3 199.265 10.8

Private transportation

 201.476 11.0 200.299 11.4 197.605 11.1

Motor fuel

 316.717 31.8 299.398 31.4 306.846 33.8

Gasoline

 315.324 31.8 297.317 31.2 301.795 33.4

Medical Care

 365.250 3.3 384.927 3.1 494.497 3.1

Recreation (4)

110.904 2.2 115.776 3.0 124.428 3.4

Education and Communication (4)

121.439 3.2 123.498 4.4 128.224 8.5

Other Goods and Services

 361.125 4.4 405.279 6.3 416.237 10.1

Energy

 259.864 23.8 255.360 24.1 253.285 26.9

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.