The graph below gives information about the price of bananas in four countries between 1994 and 2004. Write a report for a university, lecturer describing the information shown below.

The line chart illustrates how much money was needed to purchase bananas in four countries from 1994 to 2004.

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, it can be seen that Japan and Germany experienced an upward trend,

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this

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value in both nations fluctuated over the

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; the remaining countries were almost stable in

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range of time.

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, there was an unstable price for bananas from Japan and Germany; the cost in both countries had a significant fluctuation since the beginning of the

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. Japan began with 2$ per kilogram (

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) and ended with almost 2.5 $ per

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;

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, the prices of bananas in Germany moved from 1.5 $ per

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to around 1.75 $ per

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in 2004.

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there was a slight increase in

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value in the USA between 1997 and 1998,

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figure was stable at about 1.25 $ per

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until the end of the

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.

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France had an unstable value from 1998 to 20003,

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number was equal at the beginning of the

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at 2$ per

Kg

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.