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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 (Links provide news releases)	Back data	Annual average 2007	Mar 2008	Apr 2008	Percent change
					Annual average 2006 to 2007	12 months ended
					Annual average 2006 to 2007	Mar 2008	Apr 2008
U.S. City Average		207.342	213.528	214.823	2.8	4.0	3.9
Northeast region (1)		220.512	226.926	228.133	2.6	3.9	3.9
Northeast City Size Class (population)
A (over 1.5 million)		223.036	229.087	230.038	2.6	3.7	3.6
B/C (50,000-1.5 million) (2)		130.139	134.611	135.739	2.6	4.6	4.8
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT metropolitan area
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT (3)		227.409	233.084		1.9	2.9
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. Return to New England Economic Summary menu

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