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18-1306-NEW
Friday, August 10, 2018

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Consumer Price Index, New York-Newark-Jersey City – July 2018

Area prices unchanged over the month and up 2.2 percent over the year

Prices in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), were flat in July, following a 0.1-percent increase in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Chief Regional Economist Martin Kohli explained that declining energy prices were offset by price increases for food. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

Over the year, the CPI-U increased 2.2 percent. The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.4 percent. (See table A and chart 1.) Price increases for shelter drove the 12-month change in both indexes. (See table 1.)

Food

The food index increased 0.2 percent for the second consecutive month. Prices for food at home rose 0.4 percent. Higher prices were recorded for four of the six grocery groups, led by other food at home (1.7 percent), which included higher prices for snacks. Prices for food away from home were unchanged.

For the year ended in July 2018, the food index rose 2.4 percent, with prices 3.4 percent higher for food away from home and 1.6 percent higher for food at home.

Energy

Over the month, energy prices declined 0.7 percent, following a 1.9-percent increase in June. Gasoline prices decreased 2.0 percent, after increasing 1.5 percent in June. Household energy prices rose 0.3 percent, with a 1.1-percent increase for natural gas partially offset by a 0.2-percent decrease for electricity.

From July 2017 to July 2018, the energy index rose 13.6 percent. Gasoline price climbed 23.3 percent. Prices for household energy rose 7.5 percent, with higher prices recorded for natural gas (10.8 percent) and for electricity (1.6 percent).

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy was unchanged in July. Shelter prices rose 0.3 percent, with residential and owners’ equivalent rent each increasing 0.2 percent. Higher prices were also reported for out-of-town lodging. Outside of shelter, other categories with price increases included used cars and trucks (1.2 percent), motor vehicle insurance (0.6 percent), household furnishings and operations (0.4 percent), and education and communication (0.2 percent). These increases were offset by seasonal reductions in apparel prices (-2.8 percent), along with declines in recreation (-0.4 percent), and other goods and services (-0.3 percent).

Over the year, the index for all items less food and energy rose 1.4 percent. Shelter prices increased 2.1 percent, including a 2.6-percent rise in owners’ equivalent rent and a 1.9-percent increase in residential rent. Other goods and services rose 2.0 percent and medical care, 1.7 percent. In contrast, prices fell for apparel (-2.9 percent), household furnishings and operations (-0.8 percent), education and communication (-0.4 percent), and recreation (-0.3 percent).

Table A. New York-Newark-Jersey City CPI-U 1-month and 12-month percent changes (not seasonally adjusted)
Month201320142015201620172018
1-month12-month1-month12-month1-month12-month1-month12-month1-month12-month1-month12-month

January

0.52.20.91.90.1-0.50.20.80.62.50.41.4

February

0.62.4-0.21.10.30.10.20.60.32.60.51.7

March

0.11.90.41.30.2-0.10.20.70.02.30.01.7

April

-0.21.40.01.60.10.00.41.00.12.00.31.9

May

0.11.40.51.90.4-0.10.30.90.11.80.42.2

June

0.31.80.01.70.20.10.2(R)0.9(R)0.21.80.12.0

July

0.22.10.11.6-0.1-0.1-0.11.0-0.21.60.02.2

August

0.11.7-0.21.30.10.10.21.10.21.7

September

0.31.60.01.00.20.30.21.00.52.1

October

-0.61.1-0.21.3-0.10.40.11.2-0.21.8

November

0.11.2-0.40.8-0.20.60.21.6-0.11.6

December

0.01.5-0.50.3-0.40.70.12.10.11.6

Footnotes:
(R) = revised.

CPI-W

In July, the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) was 269.123, down 0.1 percent over the month. The CPI-W rose 2.5 percent over the year.

The August 2018 Consumer Price Index for New York-Newark-Jersey City is scheduled to be released on Thursday, September 13, 2018, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).


Technical Note

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups: (1) a CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) which covers approximately 93 percent of the total population and (2) a CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which covers approximately 29 percent of the total population. The CPI-U includes, in addition to wage earners and clerical workers, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force.

The CPI is based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels, transportation fares, charges for doctors' and dentists' services, drugs, and the other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living. Each month, prices are collected in 75 urban areas across the country from about 5,000 housing units and approximately 22,000 retail establishments--department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other types of stores and service establishments. All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are included in the index.

The index measures price changes from a designated reference date (1982-84) that equals 100.0. An increase of 16.5 percent, for example, is shown as 116.5. This change can also be expressed in dollars as follows: the price of a base period "market basket" of goods and services in the CPI has risen from $10 in 1982-84 to $11.65. For further details see the CPI home page on the Internet at www.bls.gov/cpi and the BLS Handbook of Methods, Chapter 17, The Consumer Price Index, available on the Internet at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch17.pdf.

In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are averaged together with weights that represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. Because the sample size of a local area is smaller, the local area index is subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error than the national index. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are quite similar. NOTE:Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices between cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period.

The New York-Newark-Jersey City, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa., Core Based Statistical Area includes Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties in New York; Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, and Union Counties in New Jersey; and Pike County in Pennsylvania.

Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339.

Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Indexes and percent changes for selected periods, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item and GroupIndexesPercent change from-
May
2018
June
2018
July
2018
July
2017
May
2018
June
2018

Expenditure category

All items

274.001274.170274.0732.20.00.0

All items (1967=100)

792.098792.589792.308   

Food and beverages

265.892266.694267.1972.40.50.2

Food

266.126266.740267.3022.40.40.2

Food at home

254.915255.693256.6791.60.70.4

Cereals and bakery products

299.737305.975299.330 -0.1-2.2

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

249.946252.605254.407 1.80.7

Dairy and related products

221.840220.666222.495 0.30.8

Fruits and vegetables

328.729321.847323.239 -1.70.4

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

243.716252.958252.946 3.80.0

Other food at home

227.023224.946228.701 0.71.7

Food away from home

289.241289.637289.6043.40.10.0

Alcoholic beverages

258.191261.554261.2412.81.2-0.1

Housing

297.999298.099298.9642.40.30.3

Shelter

375.974375.650376.7072.10.20.3

Rent of primary residence(2)

387.701387.522388.2141.90.10.2

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

382.808383.104384.0192.60.30.2

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

382.333382.629383.5442.60.30.2

Fuels and utilities

199.952204.415205.0357.12.50.3

Household energy

192.391196.675197.2857.52.50.3

Energy services(2)

183.784186.826187.2464.41.90.2

Electricity(2)

186.309192.726192.2651.63.2-0.2

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

169.258166.908168.66510.8-0.41.1

Household furnishings and operations

109.922108.371108.783-0.8-1.00.4

Apparel

128.388121.897118.532-2.9-7.7-2.8

Transportation

225.887226.460224.4566.2-0.6-0.9

Private transportation

212.265213.066212.7447.50.2-0.2

New and used motor vehicles(4)

91.55391.59792.324 0.80.8

New vehicles(1)

200.867200.946200.922 0.00.0

Used cars and trucks(1)

266.192267.577270.890 1.81.2

Motor fuel

239.617243.146238.19023.3-0.6-2.0

Gasoline (all types)

238.543242.052237.11223.3-0.6-2.0

Gasoline, unleaded regular(5)

238.227241.625236.54123.9-0.7-2.1

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(5)(6)

242.703247.675243.55219.90.3-1.7

Gasoline, unleaded premium(5)

242.850247.015243.04118.70.1-1.6

Motor vehicle insurance(1)

744.334740.009744.758 0.10.6

Medical care

484.483485.040484.9151.70.10.0

Recreation(4)

122.232123.824123.307-0.30.9-0.4

Education and communication(4)

141.160141.443141.696-0.40.40.2

Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)

1,166.1941,166.5171,167.923 0.10.1

Other goods and services

427.744433.209432.0662.01.0-0.3

Commodity and service group

All items

274.001274.170274.0732.20.00.0

Commodities

192.474192.218191.4813.0-0.5-0.4

Commodities less food and beverages

147.465146.741145.4823.5-1.3-0.9

Nondurables less food and beverages

190.758189.254187.1845.6-1.9-1.1

Durables

93.17393.34393.037-0.7-0.1-0.3

Services

343.230343.699344.0332.00.20.1

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care

264.860265.013264.9172.30.00.0

All items less shelter

233.694234.083233.4782.3-0.1-0.3

Commodities less food

151.698151.093149.8553.5-1.2-0.8

Nondurables

230.248229.795228.8893.8-0.6-0.4

Nondurables less food

194.951193.710191.7305.4-1.7-1.0

Services less rent of shelter(3)

318.659320.028319.5611.70.3-0.1

Services less medical care services

331.513331.965332.2431.90.20.1

Energy

213.077217.130215.61613.61.2-0.7

All items less energy

281.819281.606281.6481.5-0.10.0

All items less food and energy

286.474286.132286.0941.4-0.10.0

Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a December 1977=100 base.
(2) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.
(3) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
(4) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
(5) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
(6) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.

Note: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 

Last Modified Date: Friday, August 10, 2018