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
2011		 Jul
2012		 Aug
2012		 Percent change
Annual
average
2010 to
2011		 12 months
ended
Jul
2012		 Aug
2012

U.S. City Average
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 224.939 229.104 230.379 3.2 1.4 1.7

Northeast region (1)

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 240.997 244.984 246.252 3.0 1.1 1.3

Northeast City Size Class (population)

  

A (over 1.5 million)
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 242.512 246.570 248.031 2.9 1.1 1.4

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

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 144.185 146.456 146.885 3.5 1.0 1.1

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

  

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

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 243.881 246.326   2.7 0.8  

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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