CHICAGO, Illinois, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 12, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Area - February 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.5 percent over the past month, up 3.4 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), advanced 0.5 percen  more