The graph below shows relative price changes for fresh fruits and vegetables, sugars and sweets, and carbonated drinks between 1978 and 2009.

The line graph illustrates the variation in the cost of three commodities(Sugar and Sweets, Carbonated

drinks

and Fresh fruits and vegetables) over the

period

of 31 years, from 1978 to 2009.

Additionally

, the changes

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index

are

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with the mentioned products.

Overall

,

it is clear that

the consumer-price

index

has steadily inflated throughout the

period

. Fruits and vegetables saw the highest rate of fluctuations,

while

the remaining two commodities remained steady rose gradually, and stayed lower than the consumer price

index

for each

period

. In 1979, the

prices

of all the products experienced a 50% surge in

prices

,

then

between 1981 and 1983, the cost of sweets and

drinks

increased slightly(above 100% and nearly 80% respectively). The percentage change in

prices

for fresh fruits and vegetables was recorded at 90% in 1985, the price

further

fluctuated to nearly 170% after which it continued to increase dramatically, reaching its maximum in 2008 at around 340%.

In contrast

, the

prices

for sugar and soft

drinks

remained relatively lower than the

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index

for the given

period

. From 1979 up to 1985, the fluctuation remained constant for each of them. By the end of 1985, the

prices

for both rose, with sugar increasing considerably

while

soft

drinks

increased steadily.