New England Consumer Price Index Card

 

Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. City
Average		 Northeast
region		 Boston-
Brockton-
Nashua
Apr
2012		 Percent change from
Apr
2011		 Apr
2012		 Percent change from
Apr
2011		 Apr
2012		 Percent change from
Apr
2011

All Items

 230.085 2.3 245.850 2.3    

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

689.232   387.138      

Food and Beverages

 233.116 3.0 238.835 3.3    

Food

 233.234 3.1 238.657 3.4    

Food at home

 231.711 3.3 238.223 3.9 236.652 3.4

Food away from home

 236.695 2.9 242.298 2.8    

Alcoholic beverages

 230.092 1.8 239.846 1.3    

Housing

 221.682 1.7 250.511 1.5    

Shelter

 256.031 2.2 300.873 2.3 277.570 2.3

Rent of primary residence (2)

258.922 2.7 298.710 2.4 286.041 2.8

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

263.765 2.1 312.761 2.3 294.793 2.1

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

263.742 2.1 312.667 2.3 294.793 2.1

Fuels and utilities

 216.006 -0.6 217.641 -3.1    

Household energy

 186.517 -2.2 197.928 -4.4 212.857 -2.6

Energy services (2) (4)

185.834 -2.4 182.657 -6.1 189.599 -4.7

Electricity (2)

192.472 0.6 181.762 -3.0 188.347 1.0

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

163.692 -11.6 173.523 -11.1 185.904 -13.2

Household furnishings and operations

 126.114 1.0 128.419 1.6    

Apparel

 128.485 5.1 132.085 5.5    

Transportation

 223.083 2.9 220.249 3.1    

Private transportation

 218.563 3.0 213.735 3.2    

Motor fuel

 336.673 3.3 327.196 4.2 332.162 3.3

Gasoline

 335.742 3.2 326.070 4.2 328.357 3.2

Medical Care

 412.480 3.4 435.762 3.5    

Recreation (5)

114.656 1.1 119.606 2.0    

Education and Communication (5)

133.284 2.0 134.626 1.2    

Other Goods and Services

 393.320 1.8 426.733 2.6    

Energy

 255.736 0.9 251.834 -0.1 262.373 0.4

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) This index series was formerly titled Gas (piped) and electricity.
(5) 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, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. City
Average		 Northeast
region		 Boston-
Brockton-
Nashua
Apr
2012		 Percent change from
Apr
2011		 Apr
2012		 Percent change from
Apr
2011		 Apr
2012		 Percent change from
Apr
2011

All Items

 227.012 2.4 244.581 2.4    

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

676.199   382.023      

Food and Beverages

 232.633 3.1 237.910 3.3    

Food

 232.550 3.2 237.770 3.4    

Food at home

 230.668 3.3 236.535 3.9 232.149 3.7

Food away from home

 236.917 2.9 243.150 2.8    

Alcoholic beverages

 232.585 2.2 238.465 1.5    

Housing

 218.175 1.7 248.218 1.4    

Shelter

 249.852 2.2 297.520 2.3 281.696 2.3

Rent of primary residence (2)

256.992 2.6 294.868 2.3 286.041 2.8

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

238.932 2.0 275.740 2.4 259.072 2.1

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

238.927 2.1 275.721 2.4 259.072 2.1

Fuels and utilities

 214.162 -0.5 215.046 -3.4    

Household energy

 184.171 -2.1 194.821 -4.8 204.353 -2.4

Energy services (2) (4)

185.010 -2.3 182.366 -6.3 189.937 -4.2

Electricity (2)

190.652 0.7 181.560 -3.1 188.348 1.0

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

162.875 -12.0 173.083 -11.3 185.909 -13.2

Household furnishings and operations

 122.149 1.1 121.894 1.2    

Apparel

 127.902 5.6 133.212 6.6    

Transportation

 225.257 3.2 223.665 3.6    

Private transportation

 222.059 3.3 218.909 3.8    

Motor fuel

 338.121 3.2 327.325 4.3 332.153 3.3

Gasoline

 337.336 3.1 326.337 4.3 328.361 3.2

Medical Care

 415.231 3.6 433.681 3.5    

Recreation (5)

111.143 1.1 120.743 2.2    

Education and Communication (5)

127.000 1.6 127.845 0.9    

Other Goods and Services

 423.249 1.8 483.334 2.6    

Energy

 259.268 1.1 253.244 0.2 257.948 0.7

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) This index series was formerly titled Gas (piped) and electricity.
(5) 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.