WASHINGTON While the cost of living in Chicago rose 0.7 percentlast month, it increased only 0.3 percent nationwide, the governmentsaid today. The national increase is the first inflation break forconsumers since Iraq's Aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait sent oil pricesskyrocketing.
In Chicago, food and beverage costs were up 0.8 percent. Alsohurting the pocketbook was an 8.2 percent increase in gas heatingcosts. That contributed to an over-all 0.7 percent rise in Novemberhousing costs. Apparel costs showed the steepest increase overOctober figures, rising 1 percent in the area.
For the first 11 months of 1990, the consumer price index shotup 6.1 percent in Chicago, the …
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