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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, NEW YORK-NORTHERN NEW JERSEY: MARCH 2009
Area prices edged up 0.2 percent over the month, 0.8 percent over the year
Retail prices in the greater New York area, including Northern
New Jersey and Southwestern Connecticut, as measured by the Consumer
Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), edged up 0.2 percent in
March. The March upturn largely reflected increases for shelter,
apparel, and other goods and services. Michael L. Dolfman, Regional
Commissioner of the U. S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor
Statistics, said that the 0.8-percent over-the-year change was the
smallest 12-month increase since 1961. For the year that ended in
March 2009, the index for all items less food and energy climbed 2.2
percent.
With the New York-Northern New Jersey Consumer Price Index for All
Urban Consumers at 235.067 in March (1982-84=100), $23.51 was
required to purchase what $10 could in the 1982-84 base period. The
purchasing power of the dollar was 42.5 cents in 1982-84 dollars and
14.7 cents in 1967 dollars. In March, the Consumer Price Index for
Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) was 229.064, up 0.2
percent. The CPI-W rose 0.9 percent over the year. On a 1967 base,
the March CPI-W was 652.202.
Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly,
month-to-month changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.
The New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA
consolidated area comprises the five boroughs of New York City,
Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, and Orange
Counties in New York State; Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer,
Monmouth, Middlesex, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union
and Warren Counties in New Jersey; Fairfield County and parts of
Litchfield, New Haven and Middlesex Counties in Connecticut; and Pike
County in Pennsylvania.
NYLS - 7373 Labor - New York
04/14/09
Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Indexes and percent changes for selected periods
New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA 1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Indexes Percent change from-
Item and Group
Jan. Feb. Mar. Mar. Jan. Feb.
2009 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009
Expenditure category
All items............................... 233.402 234.663 235.067 0.8 0.7 0.2
All items (1967=100) 674.732 678.378 679.546 - - -
Food and beverages..................... 229.014 228.886 227.880 4.6 -.5 -.4
Food.................................. 228.324 228.195 227.244 4.7 -.5 -.4
Food at home......................... 230.193 229.149 227.340 5.3 -1.2 -.8
Food away from home.................. 232.160 233.136 233.199 4.0 .4 .0
Alcoholic beverages................... 234.968 234.853 233.043 1.8 -.8 -.8
Housing................................ 256.339 256.561 257.491 1.9 .4 .4
Shelter............................... 308.572 309.934 311.959 2.5 1.1 .7
Rent of primary residence 1/ 304.403 305.125 306.714 5.4 .8 .5
Owners' equivalent rent of primary
residence 1/ 2/.................. 317.430 317.982 319.755 3.7 .7 .6
Fuels and utilities................... 203.015 198.649 196.734 -.3 -3.1 -1.0
Household energy..................... 204.783 199.904 197.776 -.9 -3.4 -1.1
Gas (piped) and electricity 1/...... 203.564 198.661 197.572 5.9 -2.9 -.5
Electricity 1/..................... 181.843 176.791 178.535 7.7 -1.8 1.0
Utility (piped) gas service 1/..... 245.716 241.363 233.726 3.0 -4.9 -3.2
Household furnishings and operations 128.092 127.193 125.852 -1.5 -1.7 -1.1
Apparel................................ 106.555 113.702 115.284 2.3 8.2 1.4
Transportation......................... 176.963 179.901 180.067 -10.0 1.8 .1
Private transportation................ 165.557 169.432 169.518 -10.7 2.4 0.1
Motor fuel........................... 140.776 150.888 152.721 -38.2 8.5 1.2
Gasoline (all types)................ 139.408 149.827 151.877 -38.2 8.9 1.4
Gasoline, unleaded regular 3/...... 138.879 149.887 151.915 -39.1 9.4 1.4
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 3/ 4/.. 143.356 153.060 155.371 -36.4 8.4 1.5
Gasoline, unleaded premium 3/...... 143.160 152.194 154.145 -36.1 7.7 1.3
Medical care........................... 369.972 371.722 370.132 1.0 .0 -.4
Recreation 5/.......................... 115.503 116.724 116.071 2.2 .5 -.6
Education and communication 5/......... 134.102 133.444 133.355 4.4 -.6 -.1
Other goods and services............... 350.251 349.370 354.342 3.6 1.2 1.4
Commodity and service group
All items............................... 233.402 234.663 235.067 .8 .7 .2
Commodities............................ 170.585 172.916 172.523 -3.4 1.1 -.2
Commodities less food and beverages... 133.942 137.346 137.268 -8.9 2.5 -.1
Nondurables less food and beverages.. 156.339 162.281 162.991 -11.2 4.3 .4
Durables............................. 103.698 104.105 103.139 -4.6 -.5 -.9
Services............................... 287.039 287.415 288.486 3.1 0.5 0.4
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care............. 227.232 228.468 228.933 .8 .7 .2
All items less shelter.................. 203.744 204.978 204.680 -.3 .5 -.1
Commodities less food................... 137.815 141.138 141.008 -8.5 2.3 -.1
Nondurables............................. 193.661 196.785 196.684 -3.1 1.6 -.1
Nondurables less food................... 161.052 166.694 167.273 -10.3 3.9 .3
Services less rent of shelter 2/........ 273.285 272.414 272.298 3.9 -.4 .0
Services less medical care services..... 279.668 280.034 281.058 3.1 .5 .4
Energy.................................. 178.936 180.278 179.791 -18.3 .5 -.3
All items less energy................... 240.351 241.613 242.107 2.6 .7 .2
All items less food and energy......... 244.019 245.552 246.322 2.2 .9 .3
1/ This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series
were calculated using a geometric means estimator.
2/ Index is on a December 1982=100 base.
3/ Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
4/ Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
5/ Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
- Data not available.
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
All items
Indexes Percent change to Percent change to
CPI-U Pricing Mar. 2009 from -- Feb. 2009 from--
schedule
1/ Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Mar. Jan. Feb. Feb. Dec. Jan.
2008 2009 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2008 2008 2009
U.S. city average........................... M 210.228 211.143 212.193 212.709 -0.4 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.5
Region 2/
Northeast urban............................. M 225.091 225.436 226.754 227.309 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.7 0.7 0.6
Midwest urban............................... M 199.582 200.815 201.453 202.021 -0.8 0.6 0.3 -0.2 0.9 0.3
South urban................................. M 203.501 204.288 205.343 206.001 -0.3 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.9 0.5
West urban.................................. M 214.685 215.923 217.095 217.357 -0.5 0.7 0.1 0.3 1.1 0.5
Selected local areas(5)
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI.............. M 205.959 207.616 207.367 207.462 -1.9 -0.1 0.0 -1.0 0.7 -0.1
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA..... M 219.620 220.719 221.439 221.376 -1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.3
New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA............................. M 233.012 233.402 234.663 235.067 0.8 0.7 0.2 1.6 0.7 0.5
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT......... 1 - 230.806 - 232.155 -0.4 0.6 - - - -
Cleveland-Akron, OH......................... 1 - 198.232 - 199.457 -1.5 0.6 - - - -
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX....................... 1 - 198.623 - 200.039 0.7 0.7 - - - -
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)....... 1 - 137.598 - 138.620 0.4 0.7 - - - -
Atlanta, GA................................. 2 196.961 - 199.190 - - - - -2.4 1.1 -
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI................. 2 197.991 - 201.913 - - - - -0.2 2.0 -
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX.............. 2 185.930 - 187.972 - - - - 0.2 1.1 -
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL................... 2 218.324 - 220.589 - - - - 0.7 1.0 -
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD............................. 2 218.186 - 220.262 - - - - -0.3 1.0 -
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA.......... 2 218.528 - 222.166 - - - - 1.2 1.7 -
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................ 2 222.580 - 224.737 - - - - 1.4 1.0 -
U.S. CPI-U All Items, 1967 base is 637.182. The seasonally adjusted All Items index decreased 0.1 percent from February to March.
Table 3. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
All items
Indexes Percent change to Percent change to
CPI-W Pricing Mar. 2009 from -- Feb. 2009 from—
schedule
1/ Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Mar. Jan. Feb. Feb. Dec. Jan.
2008 2009 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2008 2008 2009
U.S. city average........................... M 204.813 205.700 206.708 207.218 -0.9 0.7 0.2 -0.3 0.9 0.5
Region 2/
Northeast urban............................. M 221.446 221.704 222.945 223.626 0.2 0.9 0.3 0.6 0.7 0.6
Midwest urban............................... M 193.987 195.245 195.813 196.453 -1.3 0.6 0.3 -0.7 0.9 0.3
South urban................................. M 199.399 200.067 201.150 201.737 -1.1 0.8 0.3 -0.6 0.9 0.5
West urban.................................. M 208.088 209.367 210.492 210.661 -1.2 0.6 0.1 -0.2 1.2 0.5
Selected local areas 5/
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI.............. M 198.434 200.222 199.944 200.218 -2.2 0.0 0.1 -1.3 0.8 -0.1
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA..... M 211.007 212.454 213.234 213.013 -1.6 0.3 -0.1 -0.5 1.1 0.4
New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA............................. M 227.223 227.503 228.653 229.064 0.9 0.7 0.2 1.5 0.6 0.5
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT......... 1 - 230.095 - 231.884 -0.3 0.8 - - - -
Cleveland-Akron, OH......................... 1 - 188.798 - 190.107 -1.5 0.7 - - - -
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX....................... 1 - 199.416 - 200.770 -0.6 0.7 - - - -
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)....... 1 - 136.359 - 137.539 0.0 0.9 - - - -
Atlanta, GA................................. 2 195.310 - 197.528 - - - - -2.9 1.1 -
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI................. 2 192.808 - 196.191 - - - - -0.7 1.8 -
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX.............. 2 183.088 - 185.015 - - - - -0.5 1.1 -
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL................... 2 215.867 - 217.635 - - - - 0.3 0.8 -
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD............................. 2 217.610 - 219.356 - - - - -0.6 0.8 -
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA.......... 2 213.685 - 216.797 - - - - 0.9 1.5 -
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................ 2 216.424 - 218.752 - - - - 1.1 1.1 -
U.S. CPI-W All Items, 1967 base is 617.239. The seasonally adjusted All Items index decreased 0.1 percent from February to March.
1/ Areas on pricing schedule 2 will appear next month.
2/ Regions defined as the four Census regions.
3/ Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
4/ Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
5/ In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July
issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI;
Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA;
St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
6/ Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.
- Data not available.
Last Modified Date: April 15, 2009
