New England Consumer Price Index Card

 

Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. City
Average		 Northeast
region		 Boston-
Brockton-
Nashua
Jan
2013		 Percent change from
Jan
2012		 Jan
2013		 Percent change from
Jan
2012		 Jan
2013		 Percent change from
Jan
2012

All Items

 230.280 1.6 247.277 1.8 249.957 1.7

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

689.818   389.386   726.508  

Food and Beverages

 236.183 1.6 243.031 1.7 247.438 1.1

Food

 236.341 1.6 242.947 1.7 247.857 1.1

Food at home

 234.240 1.1 243.016 1.7 238.768 0.4

Food away from home

 240.713 2.3 245.899 1.7 263.004 2.2

Alcoholic beverages

 232.558 1.2 242.663 1.2 245.720 1.0

Housing

 224.790 1.8 254.299 1.8 242.103 1.6

Shelter

 260.039 2.2 305.150 2.1 280.871 1.9

Rent of primary residence (2)

264.700 2.7 304.407 2.3 291.256 2.5

Owners' equivalent rent of residences (2) (3)

267.995 2.1 317.244 1.9 299.346 1.8

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

267.972 2.1 317.150 1.9 299.346 1.8

Fuels and utilities

 220.228 0.9 224.304 1.5 247.886 -1.2

Household energy

 189.190 -0.4 204.026 1.2 209.282 -2.4

Energy services (2) (4)

189.444 -0.3 191.488 1.2 189.887 -2.5

Electricity (2)

194.525 0.5 190.050 2.0 184.939 -1.3

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

171.597 -2.5 182.953 -0.4 191.935 -4.2

Household furnishings and operations

 125.400 -0.2 128.521 0.5 130.509 2.6

Apparel

 124.687 2.1 126.919 1.9 143.391 1.5

Transportation

 212.299 0.7 214.909 2.0 205.191 2.6

Private transportation

 207.331 0.5 207.800 1.6 203.144 1.5

Motor fuel

 288.108 -1.4 294.479 2.2 296.289 1.6

Gasoline

 286.417 -1.5 293.045 2.2 292.730 1.6

Medical Care

 420.687 3.1 441.430 2.1 583.772 2.7

Recreation (5)

114.816 0.6 120.172 1.0 115.586 -0.2

Education and Communication (5)

135.225 1.6 136.358 1.3 146.644 2.1

Other Goods and Services

 397.543 1.6 430.507 1.9 428.657 1.5

Energy

 234.624 -1.0 241.935 1.7 245.342 -0.5

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) This index series was formerly titled Gas (piped) and electricity.
(5) 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, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. City
Average		 Northeast
region		 Boston-
Brockton-
Nashua
Jan
2013		 Percent change from
Jan
2012		 Jan
2013		 Percent change from
Jan
2012		 Jan
2013		 Percent change from
Jan
2012

All Items

 226.520 1.5 245.524 1.7 251.024 1.6

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

674.734   383.495   725.551  

Food and Beverages

 235.586 1.5 241.973 1.7 244.865 1.1

Food

 235.535 1.5 241.906 1.7 245.629 1.2

Food at home

 233.141 1.1 241.228 1.7 233.731 0.4

Food away from home

 240.802 2.3 246.403 1.7 268.597 2.5

Alcoholic beverages

 234.946 1.3 241.176 1.1 234.812 0.9

Housing

 221.459 1.8 252.341 1.9 245.651 1.7

Shelter

 253.955 2.2 301.874 2.0 285.405 1.9

Rent of primary residence (2)

262.643 2.7 300.434 2.3 291.256 2.5

Owners' equivalent rent of residences (2) (3)

242.625 2.0 279.626 1.9 263.074 1.8

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

242.621 2.0 279.616 1.9 263.074 1.8

Fuels and utilities

 218.512 0.9 222.763 1.7 240.313 -1.2

Household energy

 187.057 -0.4 201.997 1.3 200.867 -2.6

Energy services (2) (4)

188.613 -0.3 191.902 1.4 189.979 -2.4

Electricity (2)

192.421 0.3 190.398 2.2 184.940 -1.3

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

171.994 -2.2 183.480 -0.3 191.940 -4.2

Household furnishings and operations

 121.424 -0.3 122.099 0.6 134.738 4.2

Apparel

 124.280 2.0 127.491 1.3 152.084 2.1

Transportation

 212.522 0.4 216.939 1.8 210.708 2.3

Private transportation

 208.939 0.3 211.529 1.5 207.865 1.4

Motor fuel

 289.211 -1.5 294.773 2.2 296.311 1.6

Gasoline

 287.621 -1.6 293.466 2.2 292.734 1.6

Medical Care

 423.824 3.3 439.189 2.1 577.318 2.9

Recreation (5)

111.188 0.6 121.342 1.2 116.983 -0.7

Education and Communication (5)

128.324 1.3 128.778 0.8 137.427 1.4

Other Goods and Services

 428.587 1.7 487.521 1.8 495.780 1.0

Energy

 236.493 -1.0 242.707 1.8 240.235 -0.3

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) This index series was formerly titled Gas (piped) and electricity.
(5) 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.