Title: Regional Price Parities: Goods: Metropolitan Portion for Massachusetts Series ID: MAMPRPPGOOD Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Release: Real Personal Income for States and Metropolitan Areas Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Annual Units: Index Date Range: 2008-01-01 to 2022-01-01 Last Updated: 2023-12-14 11:59 AM CST Notes: Regional price parities (RPPs) are regional price levels expressed as a percentage of the overall national price level for a given year. The price levels are determined by the average prices paid by consumers for the mix of goods and services consumed in each region. Taking the ratio of RPPs shows the difference in price levels across regions. Goods refer to durable and nondurable consumption goods used in the estimation of the RPPs. Goods categories include apparel, education, food, housing, medical, recreation, transportation, and other goods. Metropolitan portion consists of all counties in a state that are parts of metropolitan statistical areas. For more information about this release go to http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/rpp/rpp_newsrelease.htm or http://www.bea.gov/regional/methods.cfm. DATE VALUE 2008-01-01 98.487 2009-01-01 97.793 2010-01-01 99.788 2011-01-01 101.510 2012-01-01 101.327 2013-01-01 100.935 2014-01-01 104.129 2015-01-01 102.225 2016-01-01 103.865 2017-01-01 103.945 2018-01-01 102.332 2019-01-01 103.613 2020-01-01 105.344 2021-01-01 105.655 2022-01-01 107.358