New England Consumer Price Index Card

 

Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city averages and selected areas, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Item U.S. City
Average		 Northeast
region		 Boston-
Brockton-
Nashua
Oct
2008		 Percent change from
Oct
2007		 Oct
2008		 Percent change from
Oct
2007		 Oct
2008		 Percent change from
Oct
2007

All Items

 216.573 3.7 230.837 4.0    

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

648.758  

363.498  

   

Food and Beverages

 218.705 6.1 223.763 6.4    

Food

 218.738 6.3 223.600 6.5    

Food at home

 219.660 7.5 225.238 7.8 225.647 8.3

Food away from home

 219.290 4.8 224.644 4.9    

Alcoholic beverages

 216.972 3.8 224.664 4.5    

Housing

 217.383 3.2 242.582 3.3    

Shelter

 247.844 2.2 286.475 2.2 269.405 -1.4

Rent of primary residence (2)

245.855 3.7 278.390 4.3 274.480 2.1

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

253.902 2.3 295.147 1.7 282.133 -1.8

Fuels and utilities

 221.199 10.1 226.915 11.4    

Household energy

 201.176 10.8 213.925 11.9 219.817 15.6

Gas (piped) and electricity (2)

203.503 9.8 209.304 8.7 214.975 12.4

Electricity (2)

191.513 8.1 186.635 5.4 217.828 12.1

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

239.218 13.9 251.746 14.7 199.053 16.2

Household furnishings and operations

 128.789 2.0 129.254 1.4    

Apparel

 122.243 0.3 124.181 3.0    

Transportation

 192.709 4.2 192.121 4.7    

Private transportation

 187.976 3.9 185.827 4.5    

Motor fuel

 268.537 12.3 260.690 13.6 254.843 10.8

Gasoline

 266.382 12.0 258.413 13.2 249.112 9.8

Medical Care

 365.746 2.8 388.525 2.6    

Recreation (4)

114.169 2.2 116.377 2.8    

Education and Communication (4)

125.686 3.4 129.666 4.1    

Other Goods and Services

 349.276 4.1 375.178 5.2    

Energy

 231.561 11.5 233.448 12.6 234.271 13.3

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) 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-Brockton-Nashua includes the PMSAs of Boston, Brockton, Fitchburg-Leominster, Lawrence, Lowell, Manchester, Nashua, New Bedford, Portsmouth-Rochester, and Worcester.

 

Consumer Price Indexes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), U.S. city averages and selected areas, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Item U.S. City
Average		 Northeast
region		 Boston-
Brockton-
Nashua
Oct
2008		 Percent change from
Oct
2007		 Oct
2008		 Percent change from
Oct
2007		 Oct
2008		 Percent change from
Oct
2007

All Items

 212.182 3.8 227.762 4.4    

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

632.025  

355.751  

   

Food and Beverages

 218.141 6.2 223.117 6.6    

Food

 218.120 6.4 223.025 6.7    

Food at home

 218.600 7.5 223.972 7.7 220.965 8.1

Food away from home

 219.219 4.9 224.917 5.2    

Alcoholic beverages

 216.953 3.7 222.083 4.6    

Housing

 213.156 3.5 238.950 3.6    

Shelter

 240.517 2.4 280.609 2.4 271.555 -0.9

Rent of primary residence (2)

244.624 3.5 275.591 4.0 274.480 2.1

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

230.028 2.3 259.716 1.8 247.947 -1.8

Fuels and utilities

 219.325 10.3 223.572 11.4    

Household energy

 198.191 11.0 209.924 11.8 209.551 16.0

Gas (piped) and electricity (2)

201.651 10.1 207.487 8.9 215.058 14.0

Electricity (2)

189.658 8.2 185.313 5.1 217.829 12.1

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

239.623 14.7 250.943 16.3 199.058 16.2

Household furnishings and operations

 124.719 2.2 123.568 1.9    

Apparel

 121.957 0.3 123.903 2.8    

Transportation

 192.198 4.1 194.405 4.7    

Private transportation

 188.871 3.9 189.782 4.6    

Motor fuel

 269.639 12.3 260.871 13.4 254.849 10.7

Gasoline

 267.580 12.0 258.722 13.1 249.115 9.8

Medical Care

 366.000 2.9 385.103 2.5    

Recreation (4)

110.947 2.0 116.069 3.3    

Education and Communication (4)

121.569 3.1 123.905 3.9    

Other Goods and Services

 362.354 4.5 406.487 6.6    

Energy

 232.106 11.7 232.063 12.5 226.558 13.3

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) 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-Brockton-Nashua includes the PMSAs of Boston, Brockton, Fitchburg-Leominster, Lawrence, Lowell, Manchester, Nashua, New Bedford, Portsmouth-Rochester, and Worcester.