The chart below show the total amount of money of hose hold expenditure in the USA, dived in three categories, from 2000 to 2007.

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

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dollars to approximately 90

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dollars in 2003. After peaking at 90

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dollars in 2004 in the following year,

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expense had fallen back to 2000 as the figure by 2007.

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, spending on electricity rose steadily from 38

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to just above 60

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at the end

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of the period given,

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the growth rate slowed over the

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two years. Interestingly, there was a substantial increase in internet expenditure starting from nearly 2

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to 45

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.

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rise was particularly noticeable between 2004 and 2007.

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, the spending on the Internet increased significantly to 45

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in 2007. In conclusion,

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the spending 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 the question.