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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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