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United States Consumer Price Index | Northeast Consumer Price Index
United States Consumer Price Index History | Northeast Consumer Price Index History
United States CPI Components (XLS)| Northeast Region CPI Components (XLS)

Effective with the January 2007 release, index levels are published to three decimal places. Percent changes based on these three-decimal place indexes will continue to be published to one decimal place. Previously published indexes will not be revised.
United States Consumer Price Index (CPI-U)
for All Urban Areas 1982-1984=100
Not Seasonally Adjusted
2009
Index
% change previous year
% change previous month
January
 211.143 0.0% 0.4%
February
 212.193 0.2% 0.5%
March
 212.709 -0.4% 0.2%
April
 213.240 -0.7% 0.2%
May
 213.856 -1.3% 0.3%
June
      
July
      
August
      
September
      
October
      
November
      
December
      
Annual
      
2008
Index
% change previous year
% change previous month
January
 211.080 4.3% 0.5%
February
 211.693 4.0% 0.3%
March
 213.528 3.9% 0.9%
April
 214.823 3.9% 0.6%
May
 216.632 4.2% 0.8%
June
 218.815 5.0% 1.0%
July
 219.964 5.6% 0.5%
August
 219.086 5.4% -0.4%
September
 218.783 4.9% -0.1%
October
 216.573 3.7% -1.0%
November
 212.425 1.1% -1.9%
December
 210.228 0.1% -1.0%
Annual
 215.303 3.8%  
2007
Index
% change previous year
% change previous month
January
 202.416 2.1% 0.3%
February
 203.499 2.4% 0.5%
March
 205.352 2.8% 0.9%
April
 206.686 2.6% 0.6%
May
 207.949 2.7% 0.6%
June
 208.352 2.7% 0.2%
July
 208.299 2.4% -0.05%
August
 207.917 2.0% -0.2%
September
 208.490 2.8% 0.3%
October
 208.936 3.5% 0.2%
November
 210.177 4.3%  0.6%
December
 210.036 4.1% -0.1%
Annual
 207.342 2.8%  
2006
Index
% change previous year
% change previous month
January
 198.3 4.0% 0.8%
February
  198.7  3.6%  0.2%
March
  199.8  3.4%  0.6%
April
 201.5 3.5% 0.9%
May
 202.5 4.2% 0.5%
June
 202.9 4.3% 0.2%
July
 203.5 4.1% 0.3%
August
 203.9 3.8% 0.2%
September
 202.9 2.1% -0.5%
October
 201.8 1.3% -0.5%
November
 201.5 2.0% -0.1%
December
 201.8 2.5% 0.1%
Annual

201.6

 3.2%  
2005
Index
% change previous year
% change previous month
January
 190.7 3.0% 0.2%
February
 191.8 3.0% 0.6%
March
 193.3 3.1% 0.8%
April
 194.6 3.5% 0.7%
May
 194.4 2.8% -0.1%
June
 194.5 2.5% 0.1%
July
 195.4 3.2% 0.5%
August
 196.4 3.6%
0.5%
September
 198.8 4.7%
1.2%
October
 199.2 4.3% 0.2%
November
 197.6 3.5% -0.8%
December
 196.8 3.4% -0.4%
Annual
 195.3 3.4%  
2004
Index
% change previous year
% change previous month
January
 185.2 1.9% 0.5%
February
  186.2 1.7%  0.5%
March
  187.4  1.7%  0.6%
April
 188.0 2.3% 0.3%
May
 189.1 3.1% 0.6%
June
 189.7 3.3% 0.3%
July
  189.4  3.0%  -0.2%
August
  189.5  2.7%  0.1%
September
  189.9  2.5%  0.2%
October
  190.9  3.2%  0.5%
November
  191.0  3.5%  0.1%
December
  190.3  3.3%  -0.4%
Annual
 188.9 2.7%  
2003
Index
% change previous year
% change previous month
January
 181.7 2.6%  0.4% 
February
 183.1 3.0%  0.8%
March
 184.2 3.0%  0.6% 
April
 183.8 2.2%  -0.2% 
May
  183.5  2.1%  -0.2%
June
 183.7 2.1% 0.1%
July
  183.9  2.1%  0.1%
August
  184.6  2.2%  0.4%
September
 185.2 2.3% 0.3%
October
 185.0 2.0% -0.1%
November
 184.5 1.8% -0.3%
December
  184.3  1.9%  -0.1%
Annual
 184.0 2.3%  
2002
Index
% change previous year
% change previous month
January 177.1 1.1% 0.2%
February 177.8 1.1% 0.4%
March 178.8 1.5% 0.6%
April 179.8 1.6% 0.6%
May 179.8 1.2% 0.0%
June 179.9 1.1% 0.1%
July 180.1 1.5% 0.1%
August 180.7 1.8% 0.3%
September 181.0 1.5% 0.2%
October 181.3 2.0% 0.2%
November 181.3 2.2% 0.0%
December 180.9 2.4% -0.2%
Annual 179.9 1.6%  
2001
 Index % change previous year % change previous month
January 175.1 3.7% 0.6%
February 175.8 3.5% 0.4%
March 176.2 2.9% 0.2%
April 176.9 3.3% 0.4%
May 177.7 3.6% 0.5%
June 178.0 3.2%  0.2%
July 177.5 2.7%  -0.3%
August 177.5 2.7%  0.0%
September 178.3 2.6%  0.5%
October 177.7 2.1%  -0.3%
November 177.4 1.9%  -0.2%
December 176.7 1.6%  -0.4%
Annual 177.1 2.8%   
2000
 Index % change previous year % change previous month
January 168.8 2.7% 0.3%
February 169.8 3.2% 0.6%
March 171.2 3.8% 0.8%
April 171.3 3.1% 0.1%
May 171.5 3.2% 0.1%
June 172.4 3.7% 0.5%
July 172.8 3.7% 0.2%
August 172.8 3.4% 0.0%
September 173.7 3.5% 0.5%
October 174.0 3.4% 0.2%
November 174.1 3.4% 0.1%
December 174.0 3.4% -0.1%
Annual 172.2 3.4%  
1999
 Index % change previous year % change previous month
January 164.3 1.7% 0.2%
February 164.5 1.6% 0.1%
March 165.0 1.7% 0.3%
April 166.2 2.3% 0.7%
May 166.2 2.1% 0.0%
June 166.2 2.0% 0.0%
July 166.7 2.1% 0.3%
August 167.1 2.3% 0.2%
September 167.9 2.6% 0.5%
October 168.2 2.6% 0.2%
November 168.3 2.6% 0.1%
December 168.3 2.7% 0.0%
Annual 166.6 2.2%  
1998
 Index % change previous year % change previous month
January 161.6 1.6% 0.2%
February 161.9 1.4% 0.2%
March 162.2 1.4% 0.2%
April 162.5 1.4% 0.2%
May 162.8 1.7% 0.2%
June 163.0 1.7% 0.1%
July 163.2 1.7% 0.1%
August 163.4 1.6% 0.1%
September 163.6 1.5% 0.1%
October 164.0 1.5% 0.2%
November 164.0 1.5% 0.0%
December 163.9 1.6% -0.1%
Annual 163.0 1.6%  
1997
 Index % change previous year % change previous month
January 159.1 3.0% 0.3%
February 159.6 3.0% 0.3%
March 160.0 2.8% 0.3%
April 160.2 2.5% 0.1%
May 160.1 2.2% -0.1%
June 160.3 2.3% 0.1%
July 160.5 2.2% 0.1%
August 160.8 2.2% 0.2%
September 161.2 2.2% 0.2%
October 161.6 2.1% 0.2%
November 161.5 1.8% -0.1%
December 161.3 1.7% -0.1%
Annual 160.5 2.3%  
1996
 Index % change previous year % change previous month
January 154.4 2.7% 0.6%
February 154.9 2.7% 0.3%
March 155.7 2.8% 0.5%
April 156.3 2.9% 0.4%
May 156.6 2.9% 0.2%
June 156.7 2.8% 0.1%
July 157.0 3.0% 0.2%
August 157.3 2.9% 0.2%
September 157.8 3.0% 0.3%
October 158.3 3.0% 0.3%
November 158.6 3.3% 0.2%
December 158.6 3.3% 0.0%
Annual 156.9 3.0%  
1995
 Index % change previous year % change previous month
January 150.3 2.8% 0.4%
February 150.9 2.9% 0.4%
March 151.4 2.9% 0.3%
April 151.9 3.1% 0.3%
May 152.2 3.2% 0.2%
June 152.5 3.0% 0.2%
July 152.5 2.8% 0.0%
August 152.9 2.6% 0.3%
September 153.2 2.5% 0.2%
October 153.7 2.8% 0.3%
November 153.6 2.6% -0.1%
December 153.5 2.5% -0.1%
Annual 152.4 2.8%  
1994
 Index % change previous year % change previous month
January 146.2 2.5% 0.3%
February 146.7 2.5% 0.3%
March 147.2 2.5% 0.3%
April 147.4 2.4% 0.1%
May 147.5 2.3% 0.1%
June 148.0 2.5% 0.3%
July 148.4 2.8% 0.3%
August 149.0 2.9% 0.4%
September 149.4 3.0% 0.3%
October 149.5 2.6% 0.1%
November 149.7 2.7% 0.1%
December 149.7 2.7% 0.0%
Annual 148.2 2.6%  
1993
 Index % change previous year % change previous month
January 142.6 3.3% 0.5%
February 143.1 3.2% 0.4%
March 143.6 3.1% 0.3%
April 144.0 3.2% 0.3%
May 144.2 3.2% 0.1%
June 144.4 3.0% 0.1%
July 144.4 2.8% 0.0%
August 144.8 2.8% 0.3%
September 145.1 2.7% 0.2%
October 145.7 2.8% 0.4%
November 145.8 2.7% 0.1%
December 145.8 2.7% 0.0%
Annual 144.5 3.0%  
1992
 Index % change previous year % change previous month
January 138.1 2.6% 0.1%
February 138.6 2.8% 0.4%
March 139.3 3.2% 0.5%
April 139.5 3.2% 0.1%
May 139.7 3.0% 0.1%
June 140.2 3.1% 0.4%
July 140.5 3.2% 0.2%
August 140.9 3.1% 0.3%
September 141.3 3.0% 0.3%
October 141.8 3.2% 0.4%
November 142.0 3.0% 0.1%
December 141.9 2.9% -0.1%
Annual 140.3 3.0%  
1991
 Index % change previous year % change previous month
January 134.6 5.7% 0.6%
February 134.8 5.3% 0.1%
March 135.0 4.9% 0.1%
April 135.2 4.9% 0.1%
May 135.6 5.0% 0.3%
June 136.0 4.7% 0.3%
July 136.2 4.4% 0.1%
August 136.6 3.8% 0.3%
September 137.2 3.4% 0.4%
October 137.4 2.9% 0.1%
November 137.8 3.0% 0.3%
December 137.9 3.1% 0.1%
Annual 136.2 4.2%  
1990
 Index % change previous year % change previous month
January 127.4 5.2% 1.0%
February 128.0 5.3% 0.5%
March 128.7 5.2% 0.5%
April 128.9 4.7% 0.2%
May 129.2 4.4% 0.2%
June 129.9 4.7% 0.5%
July 130.4 4.8% 0.4%
August 131.6 5.6% 0.9%
September 132.7 6.2% 0.8%
October 133.5 6.3% 0.6%
November 133.8 6.3% 0.2%
December 133.8 6.1% 0.0%
Annual 130.7 5.4%  

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