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
Mar
2009		 Percent change from
Mar
2008		 Mar
2009		 Percent change from
Mar
2008		 Mar
2009		 Percent change from
Mar
2008

All Items

 212.709 -0.4 227.309 0.2 232.155 -0.4

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

637.182  

357.943  

674.765  

Food and Beverages

 218.794 4.3 223.369 4.3 229.137 4.7

Food

 218.600 4.4 223.030 4.4 229.432 4.9

Food at home

 217.110 4.3 222.341 4.3 223.256 6.0

Food away from home

 222.216 4.6 226.997 4.4 241.039 3.5

Alcoholic beverages

 219.999 3.6 226.674 3.2 227.709 2.8

Housing

 217.374 1.4 242.790 0.9 235.281 -0.3

Shelter

 249.597 1.5 289.419 1.6 273.091 0.5

Rent of primary residence (2)

248.639 3.2 282.177 4.1 277.613 2.6

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

256.321 2.1 299.165 2.4 288.299 1.6

Fuels and utilities

 210.501 0.6 214.764 -3.0 239.882 -6.8

Household energy

 188.736 -0.5 200.153 -4.3 209.166 -7.8

Gas (piped) and electricity (2)

194.752 2.4 209.525 4.5 229.603 4.9

Electricity (2)

190.065 8.2 191.754 6.7 224.449 10.9

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

207.179 -11.4 239.528 0.2 228.865 -5.1

Household furnishings and operations

 129.669 1.8 129.155 0.8 127.239 2.3

Apparel

 122.545 1.4 122.298 3.0 140.272 0.8

Transportation

 169.647 -13.1 170.563 -11.2 160.326 -12.1

Private transportation

 165.023 -13.6 164.358 -11.7 158.649 -12.9

Motor fuel

 168.404 -39.6 164.039 -38.3 165.423 -38.6

Gasoline

 167.826 -39.3 162.810 -38.2 162.263 -38.5

Medical Care

 373.189 2.8 395.059 2.5 521.024 4.7

Recreation (4)

114.625 1.7 117.408 2.5 120.616 2.0

Education and Communication (4)

126.187 3.6 130.347 4.4 135.307 3.6

Other Goods and Services

 361.156 5.7 387.325 7.1 405.680 11.1

Energy

 177.454 -23.0 184.825 -20.6 189.294 -22.6

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
Mar
2009		 Percent change from
Mar
2008		 Mar
2009		 Percent change from
Mar
2008		 Mar
2009		 Percent change from
Mar
2008

All Items

 207.218 -0.9 223.626 0.2 231.884 -0.3

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

617.239  

349.291  

670.229  

Food and Beverages

 218.119 4.4 222.530 4.4 226.639 5.0

Food

 217.855 4.5 222.289 4.5 227.144 5.2

Food at home

 215.922 4.2 220.976 4.3 218.471 6.3

Food away from home

 222.336 4.8 227.526 4.8 244.752 3.6

Alcoholic beverages

 220.500 3.6 224.004 3.4 221.520 2.3

Housing

 213.213 1.8 239.693 1.7 237.534 0.8

Shelter

 242.605 1.9 284.232 2.4 275.831 1.3

Rent of primary residence (2)

247.285 3.1 279.198 3.9 277.613 2.6

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

232.235 2.1 263.364 2.5 253.365 1.6

Fuels and utilities

 209.400 1.2 213.511 -1.9 239.977 -3.0

Household energy

 186.809 0.3 198.529 -3.1 207.196 -3.6

Gas (piped) and electricity (2)

192.922 2.5 207.866 4.4 229.462 5.0

Electricity (2)

187.857 8.1 190.459 6.5 224.450 10.9

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

206.853 -11.8 238.410 0.2 228.871 -5.1

Household furnishings and operations

 125.337 1.7 123.374 1.1 126.593 2.0

Apparel

 122.162 1.1 122.593 3.0 152.533 0.6

Transportation

 165.978 -15.2 167.896 -14.0 159.602 -15.9

Private transportation

 162.659 -15.6 163.083 -14.5 157.093 -16.6

Motor fuel

 169.060 -39.6 164.196 -38.3 165.431 -38.6

Gasoline

 168.574 -39.3 163.050 -38.1 162.265 -38.5

Medical Care

 373.541 2.9 392.090 2.6 514.685 5.3

Recreation (4)

111.436 1.5 117.139 2.6 125.808 2.3

Education and Communication (4)

122.087 3.3 124.746 4.4 129.657 3.6

Other Goods and Services

 380.208 7.6 429.116 11.4 464.455 17.3

Energy

 175.947 -24.0 181.708 -21.6 183.363 -22.3

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.