You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The graph below shows the amount of money spent on books in Germany, France, Italy and Austria between 1995 and 2005. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The line graph illustrates

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the value

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of money purchased

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books in four different countries from 1995 to 2005. It is measured in $ US dollars.

Overall

, it can be seen that all the four countries increased

at the

end

of the period.

To begin

with, Germany stood at 79 $ US dollars in 1995 and increased steadily to 90 in 1999 which later experienced a decrease in 2003.

Then

, there was a small jump

at the

end

of the year.

Next,

Australia started at 30 in 1995 and remained constant between 1999 and 2001

then

later rose significantly in the remaining following years which ended at 71. France and Italy stood at about 50 and 53 respectively. France grew slightly to 60 in 1999 which rose steadily to 73

at the

end

of the period.

Following

this

, Italy witnessed

a

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growth in 1997 and later dropped markedly to about 50 in 1999.

However

, there was a gradual increase

at the

end

of the year.