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
Oct
2009		 Percent change from
Oct
2008		 Oct
2009		 Percent change from
Oct
2008		 Oct
2009		 Percent change from
Oct
2008

All Items

 216.177 -0.2 231.304 0.2    

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

647.570   364.233      

Food and Beverages

 217.957 -0.3 223.741 0.0    

Food

 217.526 -0.6 223.016 -0.3    

Food at home

 213.605 -2.8 220.360 -2.2 221.306 -1.9

Food away from home

 224.224 2.2 229.462 2.1    

Alcoholic beverages

 222.232 2.4 232.318 3.4    

Housing

 216.612 -0.4 242.694 0.0    

Shelter

 249.474 0.7 291.712 1.8 277.564 3.0

Rent of primary residence (2)

248.888 1.2 283.553 1.9 278.726 1.5

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

256.890 1.2 302.497 2.5 293.004 3.9

Fuels and utilities

 207.937 -6.0 205.030 -9.6    

Household energy

 184.146 -8.5 188.497 -11.9 168.541 -23.3

Gas (piped) and electricity (2)

188.963 -7.1 191.549 -8.5 167.372 -22.1

Electricity (2)

190.376 -0.6 188.668 1.1 191.645 -12.0

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

181.922 -24.0 185.085 -26.5 111.238 -44.1

Household furnishings and operations

 127.740 -0.8 127.732 -1.2    

Apparel

 123.998 1.4 127.007 2.3    

Transportation

 185.362 -3.8 185.159 -3.6    

Private transportation

 180.896 -3.8 179.137 -3.6    

Motor fuel

 219.015 -18.4 213.167 -18.2 217.256 -14.7

Gasoline

 218.683 -17.9 212.316 -17.8 215.139 -13.6

Medical Care

 378.552 3.5 399.130 2.7    

Recreation (4)

114.157 0.0 118.914 2.2    

Education and Communication (4)

129.128 2.7 133.342 2.8    

Other Goods and Services

 375.444 7.5 398.627 6.3    

Energy

 199.198 -14.0 198.744 -14.9 189.160 -19.3

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) 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
Oct
2009		 Percent change from
Oct
2008		 Oct
2009		 Percent change from
Oct
2008		 Oct
2009		 Percent change from
Oct
2008

All Items

 211.549 -0.3 228.193 0.2    

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

630.140   356.426      

Food and Beverages

 217.123 -0.5 222.667 -0.2    

Food

 216.654 -0.7 222.078 -0.4    

Food at home

 212.396 -2.8 219.110 -2.2 217.375 -1.6

Food away from home

 224.382 2.4 229.767 2.2    

Alcoholic beverages

 222.555 2.6 229.969 3.6    

Housing

 212.734 -0.2 239.589 0.3    

Shelter

 242.804 1.0 286.646 2.2 279.553 2.9

Rent of primary residence (2)

247.422 1.1 280.542 1.8 278.726 1.5

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

232.761 1.2 266.317 2.5 257.500 3.9

Fuels and utilities

 206.732 -5.7 204.057 -8.7    

Household energy

 182.227 -8.1 187.266 -10.8 162.077 -22.7

Gas (piped) and electricity (2)

187.473 -7.0 191.287 -7.8 168.054 -21.9

Electricity (2)

187.993 -0.9 187.933 1.4 191.646 -12.0

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

181.987 -24.1 185.179 -26.2 111.241 -44.1

Household furnishings and operations

 123.995 -0.6 122.232 -1.1    

Apparel

 123.642 1.4 127.362 2.8    

Transportation

 183.506 -4.5 185.232 -4.7    

Private transportation

 180.271 -4.6 180.573 -4.9    

Motor fuel

 219.733 -18.5 213.407 -18.2 217.282 -14.7

Gasoline

 219.509 -18.0 212.613 -17.8 215.142 -13.6

Medical Care

 379.072 3.6 395.908 2.8    

Recreation (4)

110.724 -0.2 118.766 2.3    

Education and Communication (4)

124.362 2.3 126.989 2.5    

Other Goods and Services

 401.390 10.8 445.084 9.5    

Energy

 199.223 -14.2 198.181 -14.6 184.703 -18.5

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) 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.