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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- Cambridge- Newton
Item	Mar 2023	Percent change from Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Percent change from Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Percent change from Mar 2022
All Items	301.836	5.0	311.243	4.3	324.859	4.7
All Items (1967 = 100)(1)	904.167		490.113		944.211
Food and Beverages	318.338	8.3	321.324	8.1	333.687	9.1
Food	320.863	8.5	323.698	8.3	338.121	9.2
Food at home	301.918	8.4	306.434	8.4	310.255	11.1
Food away from home	349.944	8.8	352.173	8.2	385.111	6.1
Alcoholic beverages	282.588	4.5	288.614	5.4	288.862	7.4
Housing	316.514	7.8	333.279	6.4	350.257	8.2
Shelter	374.971	8.2	404.754	6.3	400.974	6.9
Rent of primary residence(2)	392.910	8.8	407.727	6.7	415.506	7.8
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)(3)	383.502	8.0	417.564	5.9	429.454	6.7
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)(3)	383.578	8.1	417.206	5.9	429.454	6.7
Fuels and utilities	304.032	7.3	301.409	7.8	470.228	22.0
Household energy	256.705	7.8	271.169	7.8	403.168	21.4
Energy services(2)(4)	259.647	9.2	265.174	12.3	434.939	29.9
Electricity(2)	265.033	10.2	269.856	14.6	524.422	45.3
Utility (piped) gas service(2)	238.182	5.5	237.091	8.1	271.128	-0.4
Household furnishings and operations	149.230	5.6	144.868	5.7	151.835	3.8
Apparel	133.112	3.3	138.005	2.6	135.635	-5.3
Transportation	261.969	-1.0	251.864	-0.1	229.390	-2.2
Private transportation	260.495	-1.6	249.439	-0.7	236.901	-3.3
Motor fuel	304.575	-17.3	287.636	-19.6	289.807	-20.9
Gasoline	302.673	-17.4	286.289	-19.6	286.506	-20.9
Medical Care	547.805	1.5	561.165	-0.4	740.012	2.3
Recreation(5)	135.693	4.8	138.262	1.7	114.994	-2.0
Education and Communication(5)	145.481	1.4	154.764	1.3	173.973	-1.0
Other Goods and Services	528.811	6.1	586.037	6.2	610.400	8.2
Energy	279.084	-6.4	279.181	-5.0	354.865	3.5
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-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH includes Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk Counties in Massachusetts and Rockingham and Strafford Counties in New Hampshire.

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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- Cambridge- Newton
Item	Feb 2023	Percent change from Feb 2022	Feb 2023	Percent change from Feb 2022	Feb 2023	Percent change from Feb 2022
All Items	295.057	5.8	309.272	5.7
All Items (1967 = 100)(1)	878.883		483.066
Food and Beverages	317.299	9.2	319.602	8.6
Food	318.844	9.4	321.519	8.7
Food at home	301.963	10.1	306.587	9.4	303.599	12.5
Food away from home	348.060	8.3	350.791	7.6
Alcoholic beverages	289.550	5.4	286.427	6.0
Housing	311.833	8.4	333.310	7.9
Shelter	365.059	8.2	398.234	6.2	404.621	6.7
Rent of primary residence(2)	388.830	9.0	400.500	6.4	415.287	8.2
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)(3)	344.621	8.0	366.103	5.6	374.344	6.1
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)(3)	344.641	8.0	366.152	5.6	374.344	6.1
Fuels and utilities	306.867	11.1	312.444	17.2
Household energy	260.134	12.8	282.929	18.9	412.206	32.8
Energy services(2)(4)	263.999	13.1	276.929	20.3	440.425	35.7
Electricity(2)	263.137	12.8	275.453	22.4	521.421	43.8
Utility (piped) gas service(2)	258.607	13.9	259.004	17.1	299.227	18.9
Household furnishings and operations	142.236	6.3	141.062	9.0
Apparel	131.835	3.2	136.416	4.2
Transportation	262.911	1.8	256.219	2.4
Private transportation	261.223	1.3	253.304	2.1
Motor fuel	302.975	-1.5	293.276	-2.7	297.386	-2.6
Gasoline	300.937	-1.8	291.782	-2.9	294.080	-2.6
Medical Care	558.412	2.4	575.305	2.5
Recreation(5)	128.831	4.4	139.079	2.1
Education and Communication(5)	131.276	0.5	139.961	0.9
Other Goods and Services	579.892	6.0	668.819	5.4
Energy	280.098	4.6	287.291	8.5	354.661	16.7
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-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH includes Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk Counties in Massachusetts and Rockingham and Strafford Counties in New Hampshire.

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for the Consumer Price Index