New York Office Internet Address: http://www.bls.gov/ro2/home.htm Media Contact: Michael L. Dolfman,(212) 337-2500 Information: Martin Kohli,(646) 264-3620 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, NEW YORK-NORTHERN NEW JERSEY: JUNE 2009 Area prices rose 0.5 percent in June; down 0.6 percent over the year- largest drop since 1955 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), increased 0.5 percent in June, after edging up 0.2 percent in each of the prior three months. Michael L. Dolfman, Regional Commissioner of the U. S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, said that the June rise was largely due to higher energy prices. The increase was partly offset by price declines in apparel and shelter. For the 12 months ended in June 2009, the CPI-U decreased 0.6 percent, the largest over-the-year drop since 1955. The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.9 percent. With the New York-Northern New Jersey CPI-U at 237.172 in June (1982-84=100), $23.72 was required to purchase what $10 could in the 1982-84 base period. The purchasing power of the dollar was 42.2 cents in 1982-84 dollars and 14.6 cents in 1967 dollars. In June, the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) was 231.916, up 0.7 percent. The CPI-W fell 0.8 percent over the year. On a 1967 base, the June CPI-W was 660.322. 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, N.Y.-N.J.-Conn.-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 - 7385 Labor - New York 07/13/09 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 Apr. May June June Apr. May 2009 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 Expenditure category All items................................ 235.582 235.975 237.172 -0.6 0.7 0.5 All items (1967=100)..................... 681.035 682.171 685.631 - - - Food and beverages...................... 227.956 227.592 227.801 2.8 -.1 .1 Food................................... 227.236 226.791 226.990 2.7 -.1 .1 Food at home.......................... 226.657 225.640 225.508 1.8 -.5 -.1 Food away from home................... 234.007 234.244 234.850 3.9 .4 .3 Alcoholic beverages.................... 234.391 235.253 235.594 3.2 .5 .1 Housing................................. 257.062 256.573 257.537 .2 .2 .4 Shelter................................ 312.320 311.898 311.507 2.2 -.3 -.1 Rent of primary residence 1/.......... 307.816 308.207 308.199 4.6 .1 .0 Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence 1/ 2/................... 320.205 320.917 320.054 2.4 .0 -.3 Fuels and utilities.................... 191.253 189.738 200.556 -12.0 4.9 5.7 Household energy...................... 191.617 189.769 201.806 -13.6 5.3 6.3 Gas (piped) and electricity 1/....... 190.124 188.011 201.922 -5.7 6.2 7.4 Electricity 1/...................... 176.180 178.303 198.293 .3 12.6 11.2 Utility (piped) gas service 1/...... 214.736 202.854 202.047 -17.2 -5.9 -.4 Household furnishings and operations... 126.146 126.125 124.874 -2.3 -1.0 -1.0 Apparel................................. 114.781 114.625 110.931 3.6 -3.4 -3.2 Transportation.......................... 183.006 187.017 193.317 -11.0 5.6 3.4 Private transportation................. 172.814 177.567 183.941 -11.1 6.4 3.6 Motor fuel............................ 160.420 177.544 206.065 -34.7 28.5 16.1 Gasoline (all types)................. 159.618 177.011 205.660 -34.4 28.8 16.2 Gasoline, unleaded regular 3/....... 160.327 178.411 207.992 -35.0 29.7 16.6 Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 3/ 4/... 161.939 178.114 205.809 -33.4 27.1 15.5 Gasoline, unleaded premium 3/....... 160.402 176.508 202.158 -33.6 26.0 14.5 Medical care............................ 369.630 369.782 370.231 .5 .2 .1 Recreation 5/........................... 117.363 117.106 117.369 1.5 .0 .2 Education and communication 5/.......... 133.624 133.760 133.559 3.6 .0 -.2 Other goods and services................ 359.362 360.425 360.942 3.1 .4 .1 Commodity and service group All items................................. 235.582 235.975 237.172 -.6 .7 .5 Commodities.............................. 174.002 175.320 176.476 -4.8 1.4 .7 Commodities less food and beverages..... 139.352 141.418 142.976 -9.9 2.6 1.1 Nondurables less food and beverages.... 165.186 168.614 172.919 -13.1 4.7 2.6 Durables............................... 105.022 105.470 103.864 -3.2 -1.1 -1.5 Services................................. 288.200 287.824 289.061 1.7 0.3 0.4 Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care............... 229.478 229.875 231.087 -.6 .7 .5 All items less shelter.................... 205.270 206.023 207.930 -2.3 1.3 .9 Commodities less food..................... 143.085 145.129 146.661 -9.3 2.5 1.1 Nondurables............................... 197.897 199.560 201.968 -5.2 2.1 1.2 Nondurables less food..................... 169.430 172.734 176.844 -12.1 4.4 2.4 Services less rent of shelter 2/.......... 271.220 270.897 274.306 1.0 1.1 1.3 Services less medical care services....... 280.774 280.371 281.658 1.7 .3 .5 Energy.................................... 179.376 185.418 204.363 -23.9 13.9 10.2 All items less energy..................... 242.717 242.560 242.028 2.0 -.3 -.2 All items less food and energy........... 247.053 246.949 246.276 1.9 -.3 -.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 June 2009 from -- May 2009 from-- schedule 1/ Mar. Apr. May June June Apr. May May Mar. Apr. 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 U.S. city average........................... M 212.709 213.240 213.856 215.693 -1.4 1.2 0.9 -1.3 0.5 0.3 Region 2/ Northeast urban............................. M 227.309 227.840 228.136 229.930 -1.2 0.9 0.8 -0.8 0.4 0.1 Midwest urban............................... M 202.021 202.327 203.195 205.350 -1.7 1.5 1.1 -1.9 0.6 0.4 South urban................................. M 206.001 206.657 207.265 209.343 -1.4 1.3 1.0 -1.3 0.6 0.3 West urban.................................. M 217.357 217.910 218.567 219.865 -1.4 0.9 0.6 -1.1 0.6 0.3 Selected local areas 5/ Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI.............. M 207.462 207.886 209.809 211.010 -2.2 1.5 0.6 -2.4 1.1 0.9 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA..... M 221.376 221.693 222.522 223.906 -2.2 1.0 0.6 -1.8 0.5 0.4 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA............................. M 235.067 235.582 235.975 237.172 -0.6 0.7 0.5 -0.1 0.4 0.2 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT......... 1 232.155 - 231.891 - - - - -1.5 -0.1 - Cleveland-Akron, OH......................... 1 199.457 - 200.196 - - - - -2.3 0.4 - Dallas-Fort Worth, TX....................... 1 200.039 - 199.311 - - - - -1.5 -0.4 - Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6/........ 1 138.620 - 139.311 - - - - -0.2 0.5 - Atlanta, GA................................. 2 - 199.210 - 203.585 -4.0 2.2 - - - - Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI................. 2 - 202.373 - 204.537 -1.5 1.1 - - - - Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX.............. 2 - 189.701 - 192.325 -0.6 1.4 - - - - Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL................... 2 - 220.740 - 221.485 -1.6 0.3 - - - - Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD............................. 2 - 221.686 - 223.810 -2.0 1.0 - - - - San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA.......... 2 - 223.854 - 225.692 0.2 0.8 - - - - Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................ 2 - 225.918 - 227.257 -0.4 0.6 - - - - U.S. CPI-U All Items, 1967 base is 646.121. The seasonally adjusted All Items index increased 0.7 percent from May to June. 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 June 2009 from -– May 2009 from-- schedule 1/ Mar. Apr. May June June Apr. May May Mar. Apr. 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 U.S. city average........................... M 207.218 207.925 208.774 210.972 -2.0 1.5 1.1 -1.9 0.8 0.4 Region 2/ Northeast urban............................. M 223.626 224.252 224.748 226.695 -1.4 1.1 0.9 -1.0 0.5 0.2 Midwest urban............................... M 196.453 196.933 197.971 200.487 -2.1 1.8 1.3 -2.4 0.8 0.5 South urban................................. M 201.737 202.619 203.500 205.968 -2.1 1.7 1.2 -2.1 0.9 0.4 West urban.................................. M 210.661 211.386 212.263 213.973 -2.1 1.2 0.8 -1.7 0.8 0.4 Selected local areas 5/ Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI.............. M 200.218 200.607 202.464 203.691 -2.5 1.5 0.6 -2.8 1.1 0.9 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA..... M 213.013 213.405 214.446 216.145 -2.8 1.3 0.8 -2.4 0.7 0.5 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA............................. M 229.064 229.639 230.307 231.916 -0.8 1.0 0.7 -0.3 0.5 0.3 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT......... 1 231.884 - 231.420 - - - - -1.7 -0.2 - Cleveland-Akron, OH......................... 1 190.107 - 191.297 - - - - -2.3 0.6 - Dallas-Fort Worth, TX....................... 1 200.770 - 200.955 - - - - -2.6 0.1 - Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)....... 1 137.539 - 138.510 - - - - -0.6 0.7 - Atlanta, GA................................. 2 - 197.676 - 202.632 -4.4 2.5 - - - - Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI................. 2 - 197.239 - 199.977 -1.7 1.4 - - - - Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX.............. 2 - 186.970 - 189.979 -1.9 1.6 - - - - Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL................... 2 - 217.900 - 219.091 -2.1 0.5 - - - - Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD............................. 2 - 220.732 - 223.361 -2.2 1.2 - - - - San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA.......... 2 - 218.587 - 220.996 -0.2 1.1 - - - - Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................ 2 - 220.208 - 221.993 -0.7 0.8 - - - - U.S. CPI-W All Items, 1967 base is 628.422. The seasonally adjusted All Items index increased 0.9 percent from May to June. 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: July 15, 2009
