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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
Oct
2019		 Percent change from
Oct
2018		 Oct
2019		 Percent change from
Oct
2018		 Oct
2019		 Percent change from
Oct
2018

All Items

 257.346 1.8 270.348 1.5    

All Items (1967 = 100)(1)

 770.895   425.715      

Food and Beverages

 259.284 2.0 265.226 1.8    

Food

 259.632 2.1 265.790 2.0    

Food at home

 242.340 1.0 251.386 1.1 252.522 0.8

Food away from home

 286.791 3.3 290.713 3.1    

Alcoholic beverages

 253.207 1.0 256.910 0.2    

Housing

 267.794 2.9 288.158 1.5    

Shelter

 320.762 3.3 359.999 2.3 351.791 2.5

Rent of primary residence(2)

 334.680 3.7 364.141 2.9 362.925 2.3

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

 328.762 3.3 372.237 2.1 372.072 2.8

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

 328.805 3.3 371.941 2.1 372.072 2.8

Fuels and utilities

 242.207 0.7 222.250 -2.5    

Household energy

 199.089 -0.1 194.836 -3.5 230.000 -2.7

Energy services(2)(4)

 202.556 0.4 191.649 -2.3 237.064 -1.0

Electricity(2)

 212.829 0.4 196.035 -4.1 289.144 -0.9

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

 169.138 0.2 169.593 1.4 151.689 -1.0

Household furnishings and operations

 124.256 1.8 119.838 -0.6    

Apparel

 126.154 -2.3 132.042 -1.5    

Transportation

 210.487 -1.4 204.991 -1.7    

Private transportation

 206.070 -1.6 196.710 -2.2    

Motor fuel

 236.346 -7.4 223.918 -9.8 223.287 -10.0

Gasoline

 235.168 -7.3 222.797 -9.9 220.707 -10.0

Medical Care

 506.100 4.3 535.250 5.4    

Recreation(5)

 120.982 1.8 125.822 1.8    

Education and Communication(5)

 138.529 0.5 145.951 2.6    

Other Goods and Services

 455.225 2.5 503.443 3.2    

Energy

 216.351 -4.2 206.786 -6.5 225.419 -6.0

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) 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
Oct
2019		 Percent change from
Oct
2018		 Oct
2019		 Percent change from
Oct
2018		 Oct
2019		 Percent change from
Oct
2018

All Items

 250.894 1.6 266.128 1.3    

All Items (1967 = 100)(1)

 747.336   415.677      

Food and Beverages

 258.143 2.0 263.901 1.9    

Food

 258.129 2.0 264.316 2.0    

Food at home

 241.670 1.1 250.521 1.2 245.848 0.7

Food away from home

 286.886 3.3 291.803 3.1    

Alcoholic beverages

 257.353 1.2 255.372 0.3    

Housing

 263.786 2.9 285.894 1.5    

Shelter

 313.599 3.4 356.029 2.3 355.773 2.5

Rent of primary residence(2)

 331.276 3.8 359.342 2.9 362.925 2.3

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

 296.783 3.3 327.497 2.1 326.987 2.8

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

 296.812 3.3 327.530 2.1 326.987 2.8

Fuels and utilities

 240.374 0.7 222.888 -2.4    

Household energy

 197.359 -0.1 195.432 -3.5 227.141 -1.8

Energy services(2)(4)

 201.460 0.3 192.890 -2.5 236.236 -1.0

Electricity(2)

 209.986 0.3 196.673 -4.5 289.145 -0.9

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

 169.025 0.2 170.968 1.5 151.693 -1.0

Household furnishings and operations

 118.392 1.3 112.633 -0.4    

Apparel

 126.099 -2.1 130.981 -1.6    

Transportation

 209.985 -1.8 207.252 -2.1    

Private transportation

 206.473 -1.9 200.051 -2.5    

Motor fuel

 236.882 -7.4 223.474 -9.8 223.269 -10.0

Gasoline

 235.838 -7.4 222.500 -9.8 220.710 -10.0

Medical Care

 511.994 4.7 536.032 5.6    

Recreation(5)

 115.847 1.5 126.087 1.2    

Education and Communication(5)

 126.085 0.0 131.894 2.3    

Other Goods and Services

 499.520 2.9 581.931 3.1    

Energy

 215.943 -4.4 206.755 -6.7 221.981 -6.0

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) 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.