CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 25, 2024, entitled "Consumer Expenditures in the Chicago Metropolitan Area - 2022-23": * * * Households in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI, metropolitan area spent an average of $80,264 per year in 2022-23, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that food, housing,   more