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