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Thursday, February 10, 2022

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Consumer Price Index, New York-Newark-Jersey City – January 2022

Area prices up 1.1 percent over the month and 5.1 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), advanced 1.1 percent in January, following a 0.2-percent decline in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Chief Regional Economist Martin Kohli attributed the rise to higher prices for household energy. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

Over the year, the CPI-U advanced 5.1 percent. (See chart 1 and table A.) The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.3 percent. Energy prices jumped 28.5 percent, largely driven by higher prices for gasoline. Food prices rose 7.5 percent. (See table 1.)

Food

Food prices increased 1.0 percent in January. Prices for food at home rose 1.2 percent, with higher prices in all six grocery categories. Prices for food away from home increased 0.6 percent.

Over the year, food prices rose 7.5 percent. Prices for food at home advanced 7.6 percent—driven by higher prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (16.0 percent)—while prices for food away from home increased 7.4 percent.

Energy

The energy index advanced 9.4 percent in January, after declining 1.3 percent in December. Household energy prices rose 17.2 percent, with a 28.2-percent jump in electricity prices—the largest over-the-month increase in the history of the series which began in 1971. Natural gas prices, on the other hand, were flat. Gasoline prices, by contrast, were down 1.1 percent.  

Energy prices climbed 28.5 percent over the year, primarily due to a 39.6-percent jump in gasoline prices. Household energy prices rose 21.4 percent. Within household energy, electricity prices advanced 20.2 percent, and natural gas prices increased 16.7 percent.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.5 percent in January. Apparel prices—often up in January—rose 6.0 percent. Medical care prices rose 1.7 percent. Shelter prices rose 0.3 percent, with both owners’ equivalent rent and residential rent rising 0.3 percent over the month.

From January 2021 to January 2022, the index for all items less food and energy advanced 3.3 percent. An 18.4-percent rise in prices for new and used motor vehicles included a 41.6-percent jump in prices for used cars and trucks. Prices for shelter increased 1.5 percent, with owners’ equivalent rent up 1.8 percent, and residential rent up 0.6 percent.

Table A. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, CPI-U 1-month and 12-month percent changes, all items index, not seasonally adjusted
Month20182019202020212022
1-month12-month1-month12-month1-month12-month1-month12-month1-month12-month

January

0.41.40.51.60.82.50.41.21.15.1

February

0.51.70.21.30.22.40.31.4

March

0.01.70.31.6-0.22.00.42.0

April

0.31.90.31.6-0.51.10.73.2

May

0.42.20.21.50.51.40.53.2

June

0.12.00.31.70.11.31.04.1

July

0.02.20.01.70.51.7-0.13.5

August

0.12.20.21.8-0.11.40.13.7

September

0.42.00.01.40.41.90.53.8

October

-0.12.00.01.5-0.21.70.34.3

November

-0.21.90.11.8-0.31.40.35.0

December

-0.21.60.12.20.41.6-0.24.4

The February 2022 Consumer Price Index for the New York-Newark-Jersey City area is scheduled to be released on Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. (ET).


Technical Note

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measures 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 U.S. population and (2) a CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which covers approximately 29 percent of the total U.S. 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 6,000 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; for most of the CPI-U the reference base is 1982-84 equals 100. An increase of 7 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown as 107.000.  Alternatively, that relationship can also be expressed as the price of a base period market basket of goods and services rising from $100 to $107. For further details see the CPI home page on the internet at www.bls.gov/cpi and the CPI section of the BLS Handbook of Methods available on the internet at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cpi/.

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, NY-NJ-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.

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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-
Nov.
2021
Dec.
2021
Jan.
2022
Jan.
2021
Nov.
2021
Dec.
2021

Expenditure category

All items

297.490296.865300.1645.10.91.1

All items (1967=100)

860.003858.197867.732   

Food and beverages

300.351301.014303.7907.11.10.9

Food

301.334302.121305.1207.51.31.0

Food at home

283.223284.340287.8607.61.61.2

Cereals and bakery products

325.432325.086332.3578.62.12.2

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

303.561302.863305.91016.00.81.0

Dairy and related products

243.515249.876251.8143.83.40.8

Fruits and vegetables

343.561342.009347.4521.21.11.6

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

276.801278.989279.9596.61.10.3

Other food at home

243.003245.372248.4485.82.21.3

Food away from home

335.227335.567337.6547.40.70.6

Alcoholic beverages

281.782280.751280.2251.1-0.6-0.2

Housing

317.081316.425321.2553.41.31.5

Shelter

398.601397.582398.6801.50.00.3

Rent of primary residence

410.245410.839412.1050.60.50.3

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)

407.973408.337409.4511.80.40.3

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)

407.468407.832408.9441.80.40.3

Fuels and utilities

212.512210.056241.14318.813.514.8

Household energy

202.221199.504233.77121.415.617.2

Energy services

191.445189.511223.66519.116.818.0

Electricity

183.584177.392227.36620.223.828.2

Utility (piped) gas service

194.030200.794200.78616.73.50.0

Household furnishings and operations

121.767123.350123.8877.31.70.4

Apparel

123.389121.188128.4121.04.16.0

Transportation

247.737247.278246.74213.1-0.4-0.2

Private transportation

245.805247.184246.52717.90.3-0.3

New and used motor vehicles(3)

110.560112.455112.07718.41.4-0.3

New vehicles(1)

237.957236.025241.21714.61.42.2

Used cars and trucks(1)

388.432402.629408.75141.65.21.5

Motor fuel

277.098273.756270.87539.5-2.2-1.1

Gasoline (all types)

276.242272.929270.01639.6-2.3-1.1

Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)

275.908272.403269.40340.8-2.4-1.1

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

282.846280.706278.18635.4-1.6-0.9

Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)

281.379279.159276.80531.5-1.6-0.8

Motor vehicle insurance(1)

781.194783.181    

Medical care

540.729542.646552.1053.32.11.7

Recreation(3)

140.562138.384139.5927.1-0.70.9

Education and communication(3)

155.350155.115155.0782.9-0.20.0

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

1,305.6891,302.7431,303.2212.4-0.20.0

Other goods and services

459.329460.486456.4604.3-0.6-0.9

Commodity and service group

All items

297.490296.865300.1645.10.91.1

Commodities

211.587211.471214.65510.21.41.5

Commodities less food and beverages

158.413157.953161.04613.01.72.0

Nondurables less food and beverages

196.548194.047198.11010.50.82.1

Durables

108.264109.670111.65017.23.11.8

Services

370.231369.208372.5643.00.60.9

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care

286.912286.182289.2305.30.81.1

All items less shelter

257.363256.895261.0367.41.41.6

Commodities less food

163.099162.619165.64812.31.61.9

Nondurables

249.654248.642252.1198.51.01.4

Nondurables less food

201.691199.273203.0809.70.71.9

Services less rent of shelter(2)

350.790349.746355.7564.91.41.7

Services less medical care services

354.983353.729356.5412.90.40.8

Energy

233.247230.256251.91228.58.09.4

All items less energy

306.129305.694307.5263.80.50.6

All items less food and energy

309.172308.535310.1743.30.30.5

Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a December 1977=100 base.
(2) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
(3) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
(4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
(5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.

 

Last Modified Date: Thursday, February 10, 2022