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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-
Brockton-
Nashua
Dec
2011		 Percent change from
Dec
2010		 Dec
2011		 Percent change from
Dec
2010		 Dec
2011		 Percent change from
Dec
2010

All Items

 225.672 3.0 241.987 2.9

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

676.014 381.056

Food and Beverages

 231.130 4.5 237.339 4.2

Food

 231.301 4.7 237.187 4.4

Food at home

 229.982 6.0 237.276 5.6 236.848 4.8

Food away from home

 234.435 2.9 240.039 2.8

Alcoholic beverages

 227.335 1.4 237.977 1.3

Housing

 220.193 1.9 249.123 1.9

Shelter

 253.716 1.9 298.294 2.1 275.621 1.6

Rent of primary residence (2)

257.189 2.5 296.487 2.2 283.849 1.7

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

261.982 1.8 310.417 2.0 293.380 1.5

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

261.960 1.8 310.333 2.0 293.380 1.5

Fuels and utilities

 217.674 2.4 221.138 1.5

Household energy

 189.711 1.8 202.046 0.9 211.982 3.6

Energy services (2) (4)

189.891 0.8 190.222 -3.1 193.302 -3.3

Electricity (2)

192.777 2.2 186.114 -1.9 185.037 -1.7

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

178.193 -3.7 187.316 -6.1 200.409 -6.1

Household furnishings and operations

 125.170 1.0 127.143 1.5

Apparel

 123.470 4.6 126.040 4.1

Transportation

 208.585 5.2 209.107 5.3

Private transportation

 203.809 5.3 202.352 5.2

Motor fuel

 282.501 10.3 279.173 9.6 280.976 8.2

Gasoline

 280.713 9.9 277.652 9.4 277.557 8.1

Medical Care

 405.629 3.5 428.275 3.6

Recreation (5)

113.499 1.0 118.040 1.8

Education and Communication (5)

132.728 1.7 134.407 0.7

Other Goods and Services

 391.043 1.7 422.357 2.5

Energy

 232.300 6.6 234.452 5.1 240.534 5.8

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.
Schedule of Upcoming Releases for the Consumer Price Index

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
Dec
2011		 Percent change from
Dec
2010		 Dec
2011		 Percent change from
Dec
2010		 Dec
2011		 Percent change from
Dec
2010

All Items

 222.166 3.2 240.431 3.2

All Items (1967 = 100) (1)

661.766 375.540

Food and Beverages

 230.642 4.6 236.565 4.3

Food

 230.624 4.8 236.444 4.5

Food at home

 228.925 6.1 235.708 5.7 231.872 4.8

Food away from home

 234.666 3.0 240.961 2.9

Alcoholic beverages

 229.467 1.7 236.806 1.7

Housing

 217.009 1.9 247.230 2.0

Shelter

 247.858 1.9 295.124 2.1 279.794 1.6

Rent of primary residence (2)

255.322 2.4 292.804 2.1 283.849 1.7

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

237.350 1.7 273.668 2.0 257.831 1.5

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

237.342 1.7 273.648 2.0 257.831 1.5

Fuels and utilities

 216.074 2.5 219.534 1.4

Household energy

 187.586 1.9 200.019 0.8 203.750 3.2

Energy services (2) (4)

189.060 1.1 190.389 -3.0 193.180 -3.1

Electricity (2)

190.926 2.3 185.935 -1.9 185.038 -1.7

Utility (piped) gas service (2)

178.374 -3.6 188.125 -5.6 200.414 -6.1

Household furnishings and operations

 121.409 1.2 120.844 1.6

Apparel

 123.203 5.2 127.194 5.3

Transportation

 209.013 5.7 211.245 5.7

Private transportation

 205.607 5.7 206.141 5.6

Motor fuel

 283.528 10.3 279.436 9.7 281.005 8.2

Gasoline

 281.852 9.9 278.034 9.5 277.561 8.1

Medical Care

 407.909 3.6 425.905 3.7

Recreation (5)

109.959 1.3 118.950 2.5

Education and Communication (5)

126.413 1.1 127.562 0.2

Other Goods and Services

 421.000 1.7 478.536 2.3

Energy

 233.943 6.9 234.786 5.4 235.054 5.8

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.
Schedule of Upcoming Releases for the Consumer Price Index