THE NORTHEAST consumer price index increased 2.1% year over year in March. / AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE
PROVIDENCE – The consumer price index in the Northeast increased 2.1% year over year in March, slower than the national rate of 2.6% in that time, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Tuesday. Price growth in the region and nationally was offset by a decline in apparel costs and was largely driven by an…