The bar chart illustrates the expenditure by an american household on food, gas, and clothes in four months. Overall, it is apparent from the chart that all spendings fluctuated considerably.
At the beginning of the period, In January, Food was recorded the highest spending than other two categories, accounting for about 500 dollars compared to just under 400 dollars on gas and just over 200 dollars on clothes. Over the next two months, the amount spent on food rose slightly to the top of almost 600 dollars before falling to just above 500 dollars. It is notable that food remains the highest record for household spending priority.
In comparison, expenditure on gas saw a slight decline over the same period, with just under 400 dollars dropping to just above 200 dollars, then climbing to the earlier amount of 400 dollars. As for clothes, there was a sharp jump in expenditure, starting from just above 200 dollars in January to just under 600 dollars in February before falling again to a low of 250 dollars in March. Spending on clothes was still the lowest among the three categories.
By the end of the period, In April, a surprising trend is experienced by Clothing expenditure, standing at the peak of just above 600 dollars, whereas gas expenditure was at just under 600 dollars, and the amount spent on food stood at a low of under 400 dollars. The contrasting trend to point out is that clothing takes the highest expenditure record while food was the lowest.