no 05 1 regional differences in the impact of energy price increases katharine bradbury this public policy brief presents estimates projected by us department for winter 2004 5 on consumers nine census divisions and selected metropolitan areas it is based materials presented a briefing to president federal reserve bank boston december senior economist advisor at her email address bos frb org author thanks eamon aghdasi excellent research assistance which may be revised available web site http www economic ppb index htm views expressed do not necessarily reflect official position system 2 forecasting that prices will considerably higher than last 2003 04 indeed some are already noticeably rising have differential across country since use differs from region
