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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, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. City
Average		 Northeast
region		 Boston-
Cambridge-
Newton
Jun
2019		 Percent change from
Jun
2018		 Jun
2019		 Percent change from
Jun
2018		 Jun
2019		 Percent change from
Jun
2018

All Items

 256.143 1.6 270.133 1.6    

All Items (1967 = 100)(1)

 767.291   425.377      

Food and Beverages

 257.778 1.9 263.945 1.7    

Food

 258.064 1.9 264.562 1.9    

Food at home

 241.407 0.9 251.013 1.1 251.377 1.0

Food away from home

 284.316 3.1 288.223 2.8    

Alcoholic beverages

 252.538 1.5 254.995 0.2    

Housing

 266.461 3.0 288.767 2.0    

Shelter

 318.300 3.5 359.255 2.5 347.912 3.7

Rent of primary residence(2)

 330.648 3.9 361.358 3.0 359.676 3.5

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

 325.189 3.4 369.402 2.2 370.348 4.0

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

 325.227 3.4 369.099 2.1 370.348 4.0

Fuels and utilities

 244.703 0.1 228.663 -0.9    

Household energy

 202.402 -0.9 201.520 -1.6 240.501 1.8

Energy services(2)(4)

 206.219 -0.7 199.478 -1.1 250.211 3.3

Electricity(2)

 217.947 -0.3 206.863 -1.2 303.614 2.9

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

 168.628 -2.1 171.916 -0.9 161.961 4.3

Household furnishings and operations

 124.237 2.3 120.883 1.5    

Apparel

 123.749 -1.3 128.893 0.7    

Transportation

 213.073 -0.7 209.993 -0.9    

Private transportation

 208.319 -0.9 201.448 -1.2    

Motor fuel

 243.163 -5.4 237.616 -6.2 236.420 -7.2

Gasoline

 242.043 -5.4 236.565 -6.3 233.709 -7.2

Medical Care

 495.563 2.0 522.800 3.6    

Recreation(5)

 120.145 0.8 126.575 2.1    

Education and Communication(5)

 137.344 0.6 142.817 1.3    

Other Goods and Services

 449.345 1.5 495.992 1.4    

Energy

 221.373 -3.4 216.394 -3.8 236.987 -2.3

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-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH includes Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk Counties in Massachusetts and Rockingham and Strafford Counties in New Hampshire.

 

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-
Cambridge-
Newton
Jun
2019		 Percent change from
Jun
2018		 Jun
2019		 Percent change from
Jun
2018		 Jun
2019		 Percent change from
Jun
2018

All Items

 249.747 1.4 265.927 1.3    

All Items (1967 = 100)(1)

 743.920   415.363      

Food and Beverages

 256.634 1.9 262.694 1.7    

Food

 256.582 1.9 263.184 1.8    

Food at home

 240.642 1.0 250.193 1.1 245.168 1.3

Food away from home

 284.511 3.1 289.302 2.8    

Alcoholic beverages

 256.485 1.6 253.028 0.0    

Housing

 262.337 2.9 286.375 2.0    

Shelter

 310.848 3.6 355.004 2.6 352.531 3.7

Rent of primary residence(2)

 327.314 3.9 356.662 3.1 359.676 3.5

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

 293.620 3.4 325.039 2.1 325.472 4.0

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

 293.648 3.4 325.067 2.1 325.472 4.0

Fuels and utilities

 242.970 0.0 229.334 -1.3    

Household energy

 200.768 -0.9 202.259 -2.0 238.697 2.6

Energy services(2)(4)

 205.192 -0.7 200.694 -1.5 249.283 3.3

Electricity(2)

 215.122 -0.3 207.573 -1.6 303.616 2.9

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

 168.286 -2.3 172.893 -1.4 161.965 4.3

Household furnishings and operations

 118.374 2.0 113.293 2.1    

Apparel

 122.907 -1.7 126.508 -1.0    

Transportation

 212.711 -1.0 212.395 -1.1    

Private transportation

 209.001 -1.2 205.072 -1.4    

Motor fuel

 243.949 -5.5 237.159 -6.2 236.415 -7.2

Gasoline

 242.960 -5.5 236.239 -6.2 233.712 -7.2

Medical Care

 500.198 2.1 522.197 3.5    

Recreation(5)

 114.973 0.7 126.824 1.5    

Education and Communication(5)

 125.321 -0.1 129.365 1.0    

Other Goods and Services

 491.560 1.8 574.210 1.7    

Energy

 221.237 -3.6 216.639 -4.1 234.152 -2.5

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-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH includes Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk Counties in Massachusetts and Rockingham and Strafford Counties in New Hampshire.