Consumer Price Index, Northeast region — August 2025

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Northeast region increased 0.4 percent in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.5 percent in August. Food prices increased 0.4 percent over-the-month while energy prices fell 0.7 percent in the same period. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

The Northeast all items CPI-U advanced 3.3 percent for the 12 months ending in August. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 3.4 percent over the year. Food prices rose 3.1 percent and energy prices increased 2.5 percent over the year.

Food prices increased 0.4 percent in August. The index for food away from home was up 0.1 percent for the same period. The index for food at home was up 0.6 percent. Within the food at home category, prices for fruits and vegetables rose 3.2 percent.

Food prices rose 3.1 percent over the year. The index for food away from home advanced 3.9 percent, while the index for food at home increased 2.6 percent.

The energy index declined 0.7 percent over the month. The utility (piped) gas service index and electricity index were down 1.1 percent and 0.7 percent respectively. Gasoline prices decreased 0.2 percent in the same period.

The energy index increased 2.5 percent from August 2024 to August 2025. The utility (piped) gas service index advanced 23.0 percent, and the electricity index rose 9.3 percent. Gasoline declined 8.7 percent over the year.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.5 percent in August. The index for shelter was also up 0.5 percent, as owners' equivalent rent of residences increased 0.4 percent. In addition to the motor vehicle maintenance and repair index rising, apparel prices increased 2.2 percent and medical care prices increased 0.5 percent for the same period.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 3.4 percent over the year, led by a 4.4-percent increase in prices for shelter. Within the shelter category, the owners' equivalent rent of residences index rose 4.3 percent. Other price increases for all items less food and energy encompassed the household furnishings and operations index and medical care index, up 3.3 percent and 2.3 percent respectively.

The Consumer Price Index for September 2025 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Consumer Price Index for the Northeast region is published monthly. The set of components and sub-aggregates published for regional and metropolitan indexes is more limited than at the U.S. city average level; these indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program.

Percent changes for all-items data previously found in Table A of this release can be accessed in Chart 1 for this release and its attendant data table. A full all-items data series history for the original index value and for 1-month, 2-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month percent changes can be accessed via BLS data query tools. A direct link to the all-items series is provided in Table 1 of this release under historical data.

The Northeast region is comprised of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Refer to the national CPI news release technical note or the Handbook of Methods for more information.

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