The bar chart below shows shares of expenditures for five major categories in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan in the year 2009. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below.

The given bar chart illustrates the shares of expenditures for five major categories in the United States,United Kingdom, Japan and Canada in the year 2009,

It is clear that

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the U.S has the highest expenditure on Housing with an approximate percentage of 26%. First of all, Japan

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to have a high cost of food

due to

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the significant rate of spending on food,

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, Japan's transportation

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is the least

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all five countries.

Secondly

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, the

U.S

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U.S.

and the

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U.K.

spend the most on clothing compared to other countries in the bar chart,

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means that clothing

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is

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in these two nations.

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, every country should have an

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cost for some services

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increased demand from one period to another.