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Gasoline prices averaged $3.354 a gallon in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton area in February 2024, down 15.2 cents compared to February 2023.
Prices in the Northeast Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), were up 0.5 percent in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Prices in the Boston area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), rose 0.7 percent for the two months ending in January 2024.
Data Series | Back Data |
Aug 2023 |
Sept 2023 |
Oct 2023 |
Nov 2023 |
Dec 2023 |
Jan 2024 |
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Civilian Labor Force(1) |
(r)760.1 | (r)761.1 | (r)761.9 | (r)762.1 | (r)762.0 | (p)763.1 | |
Employment(1) |
(r)742.4 | (r)742.1 | (r)742.0 | (r)742.0 | (r)742.1 | (p)743.5 | |
Unemployment(1) |
(r)17.7 | (r)19.0 | (r)19.9 | (r)20.0 | (r)19.9 | (p)19.7 | |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
(r)2.3 | (r)2.5 | (r)2.6 | (r)2.6 | (r)2.6 | (p)2.6 | |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
698.5 | 700.4 | 703.3 | 702.0 | 704.7 | (p)704.6 | |
12-month % change |
1.3 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | (p)1.3 | |
Mining and Logging(3) |
0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | (p)0.8 | |
12-month % change |
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.5 | (p)-11.1 | |
Construction(3) |
31.5 | 31.5 | 31.4 | 31.3 | 31.5 | (p)31.8 | |
12-month % change |
3.3 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.9 | (p)1.9 | |
Manufacturing(3) |
70.6 | 70.7 | 70.3 | 70.6 | 70.9 | (p)71.0 | |
12-month % change |
0.1 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 0.1 | (p)0.4 | |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
140.2 | 140.7 | 140.1 | 139.3 | 139.6 | (p)138.9 | |
12-month % change |
0.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | -0.3 | -0.4 | (p)-1.0 | |
Information(3) |
11.8 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.6 | (p)11.6 | |
12-month % change |
-2.5 | -2.5 | -4.1 | -4.1 | -4.1 | (p)-4.9 | |
Financial Activities(3) |
34.5 | 34.6 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 34.3 | (p)34.1 | |
12-month % change |
0.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | (p)-1.2 | |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
98.0 | 98.2 | 99.1 | 99.0 | 98.6 | (p)98.7 | |
12-month % change |
0.7 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | (p)0.7 | |
Education & Health Services(3) |
126.1 | 126.4 | 129.4 | 129.5 | 130.3 | (p)130.5 | |
12-month % change |
2.7 | 2.7 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.6 | (p)5.2 | |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
73.5 | 73.9 | 74.3 | 74.2 | 75.1 | (p)74.2 | |
12-month % change |
2.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 3.3 | (p)1.9 | |
Other Services(3) |
24.8 | 24.9 | 24.3 | 24.3 | 24.5 | (p)24.8 | |
12-month % change |
2.1 | 2.0 | -0.4 | -0.8 | -0.4 | (p)0.8 | |
Government(3) |
86.7 | 86.8 | 87.4 | 86.8 | 87.4 | (p)88.2 | |
12-month % change |
1.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | (p)2.2 | |
Footnotes |