The figures give information about economic growth and household expenditure across a range of categories. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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The line graph illustrates the growth of the
economy
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, and the pie charts show the division of household spending from 1995 to 2010.
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,
it is clear that
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the
economy
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fluctuated over the period, and the most amount
spent
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was spent
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on housing,
food
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, and other categories
while
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the least amount on clothing,
entertainment
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, and
travel
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. From 1995 to 2005, the growth in the
economy
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increased slightly by around 1
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percent
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per cent
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. Roughly one-third amount was spent on housing,
food
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, and others;
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, less than 10
percent
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was contributed by clothing,
entertainment
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, and
travel
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. From 2000 to 2005, the
economy
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rose to about 5
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percent
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;
however
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, the expense
on
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of
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housing rose slightly, and that part contributed by
food
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.
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, clothing,
entertainment
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, and
travel
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experienced a slight rise, and there is no
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difference witnessed in other categories. From 2005 to 2010, the
economy
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dipped down and rose steeply; it reached again at 0
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approximately as same as
1995
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in 1995
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.
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expenditure on
food
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and housing
relatively
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was relatively
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similar to each other, clothing,
entertainment
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, and
travel
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seemed like 1995, and expenses on other categories were more or less similar.
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