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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
Item	May 2022	Percent change from May 2021	May 2022	Percent change from May 2021	May 2022	Percent change from May 2021
All Items	292.296	8.6	302.939	7.5	313.578	7.5
All Items (1967 = 100)(1)	875.589		477.036		911.422
Food and Beverages	300.081	9.7	303.241	8.7	312.662	8.1
Food	302.038	10.1	305.074	9.0	316.898	8.7
Food at home	285.953	11.9	290.648	10.4	290.104	9.2
Food away from home	325.952	7.4	328.173	6.3	362.550	7.6
Alcoholic beverages	272.293	4.0	277.710	4.9	269.720	0.8
Housing	297.868	6.9	317.975	6.2	325.761	7.1
Shelter	350.580	5.5	384.343	3.2	377.395	4.0
Rent of primary residence(2)	365.116	5.2	384.670	2.8	388.190	3.4
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)(3)	358.469	5.1	397.064	3.1	405.346	3.8
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)(3)	358.494	5.1	396.712	3.1	405.346	3.8
Fuels and utilities	295.153	15.5	296.645	26.3	379.200	28.6
Household energy	250.594	19.1	269.073	30.9	325.258	32.9
Energy services(2)(4)	249.129	16.2	245.800	20.1	312.895	21.7
Electricity(2)	247.461	12.0	244.127	15.3	346.253	12.9
Utility (piped) gas service(2)	248.854	30.2	230.683	31.1	241.257	41.1
Household furnishings and operations	142.736	8.9	138.564	9.0	151.131	14.9
Apparel	126.970	5.0	130.543	3.7	135.997	5.9
Transportation	274.282	19.4	261.073	16.9	242.470	17.3
Private transportation	271.545	19.5	257.749	18.4	249.985	18.4
Motor fuel	393.950	49.1	386.955	52.2	396.371	57.6
Gasoline	391.262	48.7	384.786	51.9	391.698	57.4
Medical Care	543.488	3.7	568.877	3.4	733.033	4.9
Recreation(5)	130.360	4.5	136.352	5.6	118.266	1.4
Education and Communication(5)	143.108	0.8	152.249	1.8	174.610	0.8
Other Goods and Services	502.966	6.3	550.577	6.0	565.740	8.2
Energy	316.761	34.6	316.107	40.2	351.088	43.0
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.

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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
Item	May 2022	Percent change from May 2021	May 2022	Percent change from May 2021	May 2022	Percent change from May 2021
All Items	288.022	9.3	301.406	8.3	314.407	8.2
All Items (1967 = 100)(1)	857.929		470.779		908.749
Food and Beverages	299.511	9.8	302.115	8.6	306.092	7.8
Food	300.715	10.1	303.612	8.8	309.481	8.2
Food at home	285.826	12.1	290.520	10.6	283.452	9.4
Food away from home	326.360	7.3	329.452	5.9	362.868	6.2
Alcoholic beverages	277.800	4.0	276.136	4.5	259.033	1.2
Housing	293.946	7.0	316.587	6.5	332.460	7.0
Shelter	342.752	5.4	379.168	3.0	383.442	4.0
Rent of primary residence(2)	362.332	5.4	379.419	2.8	388.190	3.4
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)(3)	323.661	5.1	349.520	3.0	356.229	3.8
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)(3)	323.677	5.1	349.556	3.0	356.229	3.8
Fuels and utilities	292.092	15.1	296.294	25.3	372.486	25.6
Household energy	247.354	18.6	268.353	29.6	316.349	29.3
Energy services(2)(4)	247.851	16.3	247.776	20.2	310.406	20.9
Electricity(2)	244.218	12.1	244.126	15.0	346.254	12.9
Utility (piped) gas service(2)	252.478	31.3	234.791	31.8	241.263	41.1
Household furnishings and operations	136.296	9.4	132.195	11.0	157.380	14.9
Apparel	127.114	5.3	130.675	4.6	143.164	6.4
Transportation	279.334	20.3	268.884	18.5	246.397	17.8
Private transportation	277.077	20.5	265.500	19.9	248.930	18.7
Motor fuel	394.293	48.9	385.212	52.2	396.266	57.4
Gasoline	391.948	48.5	383.088	51.7	391.703	57.4
Medical Care	552.413	4.0	570.994	3.3	734.572	5.0
Recreation(5)	124.874	4.6	137.549	6.4	116.988	2.4
Education and Communication(5)	129.661	0.1	137.599	1.3	154.270	0.3
Other Goods and Services	554.884	6.4	639.272	6.2	669.877	8.5
Energy	318.929	35.5	317.974	40.4	347.826	42.2
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.

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for the Consumer Price Index