The chart below shows the total amount of money (in billions) of household expenditure in the USA, divided into three categories, from 2000 to 2007.

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information about the money spent by US residents on different types of household expenditure between 2000 and 2007. It is apparent that the expenditure on groceries was the highest throughout the period, rising from 72

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US dollars in 2000 to just under 90

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in 2003. After peaking at 90

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the following year,

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expense had fallen back to the 2000 figure by 2007.

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, spending on electricity rose steadily from 38

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to 61

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of the period given, though the growth slowed over the

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two years. There was a dramatic increase in

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spending on the Internet from approximately 2

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to 46

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.

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rise was particularly noticeable between 2004 and 2007, and the spending on the Internet increased significantly to

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around 45

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in 2007.

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the expenditure on groceries was still the highest in 2007, the gap between the three categories had narrowed considerably over the second half of the period shown in question.