CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 12 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 12, 2023, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area - November 2023": * * * Area prices were down 0.5 percent over the past month, up 2.5 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), declined 0.5 percen  more