Consumer Price Index


Table 1. Twelve-month percent changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT and U.S. City Average
Expenditure category Percent change from previous year
Nov. 2006 Boston Nov. 2006 U.S. Nov. 2007 Boston Nov. 2007 U.S.

All items

 2.1 2.0 3.4 4.3

Food and beverages

 3.5 2.3 4.1 4.7

Housing

 2.3 3.0 1.3 3.1

Apparel

 4.6 0.2 3.4 -0.4

Transportation

 -2.3 -1.0 7.9 9.6

Medical care

 3.4 3.7 5.9 5.0

Recreation

 3.3 1.3 1.0 0.6

Education and communication

 0.9 2.4 7.8 2.8

Other goods and services

 4.8 2.6 1.1 3.7

Special indexes:

 Nov. 2006 Boston Nov. 2006 U.S. Nov. 2007 Boston Nov. 2007 U.S.

Food

 3.4 2.3 4.0 4.8

Energy

 0.3 -3.8 16.8 21.4

All items less energy

 2.2 2.5 2.2 2.7

All items less food and energy

 2.0 2.6 1.8 2.3

Commodities

   1.0   0.2   5.8   5.7

Services

   2.7   3.2  1.9   3.4

NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a smaller sample size than that for the national index and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national average CPI for use in their escalation clauses.

 

Last Modified Date: January 15, 2008