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New England Consumer Price Index Card


 

Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city averages and selected areas, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Item U.S. City
Average
Northeast
region
Boston-
Brockton-
Nashua
Mar
2008
Percent change from
Mar
2007
Mar
2008
Percent change from
Mar
2007
Mar
2008
Percent change from
Mar
2007

All Items

213.528 4.0 226.926 3.9 233.084 2.9

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

639.636  

357.340  

677.467  

Food and Beverages

209.692 4.4 214.191 4.5 218.774 3.2

Food

209.385 4.5 213.696 4.5 218.727 3.0

Food at home

208.203 4.7 213.097 4.6 210.534 1.3

Food away from home

212.537 4.1 217.421 4.5 232.837 5.1

Alcoholic beverages

212.407 3.3 219.676 4.1 221.483 5.5

Housing

214.389 3.0 240.539 3.3 235.945 1.1

Shelter

245.995 2.9 284.851 3.0 271.745 0.2

Rent of primary residence (2)

240.874 3.6 271.065 3.8 270.675 1.6

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

250.966 2.6 292.175 2.0 283.660 -0.6

Fuels and utilities

209.221 6.5 221.307 9.4 257.440 10.1

Household energy

189.693 6.8 209.100 9.8 226.976 10.4

Gas (piped) and electricity (2)

190.105 4.1 200.570 1.8 218.941 -1.9

Electricity (2)

175.639 3.7 179.678 1.3 202.437 -2.3

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

233.931 5.3 239.133 2.8 241.225 -1.1

Household furnishings and operations

127.423 -0.2 128.181 -1.9 124.344 -2.4

Apparel

120.881 -1.4 118.790 -1.5 139.157 -1.8

Transportation

195.189 8.2 192.047 7.5 182.382 5.6

Private transportation

191.067 8.3 186.069 7.6 182.047 6.1

Motor fuel

278.739 26.4 265.904 25.1 269.286 26.3

Gasoline

276.497 26.0 263.378 24.6 263.720 25.4

Medical Care

363.000 4.6 385.349 3.8 497.417 4.7

Recreation (4)

112.731 1.3 114.580 1.5 118.301 2.7

Education and Communication (4)

121.832 3.0 124.892 4.4 130.615 9.4

Other Goods and Services

341.827 3.2 361.501 2.8 365.253 5.5

Energy

230.505 17.0 232.850 16.4 244.581 16.9

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) 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, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Item U.S. City
Average
Northeast
region
Boston-
Brockton-
Nashua
Mar
2008
Percent change from
Mar
2007
Mar
2008
Percent change from
Mar
2007
Mar
2008
Percent change from
Mar
2007

All Items

209.147 4.3 223.209 4.1 232.656 3.0

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

622.985  

348.640  

672.461  

Food and Beverages

208.927 4.4 213.064 4.5 215.808 2.7

Food

208.571 4.5 212.710 4.5 215.981 2.5

Food at home

207.196 4.8 211.830 4.5 205.528 0.6

Food away from home

212.193 4.1 217.161 4.5 236.138 5.3

Alcoholic beverages

212.748 3.4 216.543 4.0 216.644 4.9

Housing

209.388 3.0 235.743 3.2 235.708 1.0

Shelter

237.965 2.9 277.509 2.6 272.304 0.1

Rent of primary residence (2)

239.932 3.6 268.786 3.7 270.675 1.6

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

227.488 2.6 257.043 2.0 249.289 -0.6

Fuels and utilities

206.861 6.1 217.674 8.6 247.503 7.1

Household energy

186.315 6.3 204.823 8.8 214.915 7.1

Gas (piped) and electricity (2)

188.143 3.9 199.026 1.5 218.482 -1.8

Electricity (2)

173.800 3.4 178.797 0.9 202.438 -2.3

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

234.594 5.5 237.895 2.7 241.231 -1.1

Household furnishings and operations

123.184 0.0 122.064 -1.5 124.149 -0.1

Apparel

120.809 -1.0 119.006 -0.4 151.650 -0.8

Transportation

195.710 9.0 195.139 7.9 189.828 6.8

Private transportation

192.740 9.1 190.714 8.1 188.294 7.2

Motor fuel

279.975 26.7 265.989 25.1 269.297 26.3

Gasoline

277.842 26.3 263.599 24.7 263.724 25.4

Medical Care

363.069 4.6 382.117 3.8 488.997 4.9

Recreation (4)

109.742 1.2 114.137 2.0 123.020 3.2

Education and Communication (4)

118.155 2.6 119.506 3.7 125.132 7.3

Other Goods and Services

353.351 3.4 385.115 2.5 395.951 5.7

Energy

231.533 17.6 231.666 16.4 236.078 15.0

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) 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.

 

 

 

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