The bar chart illustrates the expenditures of each household on five products in the United States in the year 2010 and 2014. Overall, while the spending on food, smartphones and toiletries witnessed an upward trend, a reverse pattern was recorded for books and the money spent on clothes remained unchanged. Moreover, food took the lead in Americans’ budget.
In terms of food, smart phones and toiletries, people in the USA expended about 3600 dollars on groceries in 2010 before this figure grew dramatically to 4400 dollars in the next four years, maintaining the dominant category. The expense of each American household on smartphones was 2000 and around 2600 dollars, in 2010 and 2014, respectively. Likewise, nearly 1900 dollars was allocated to toiletries and the expenditure for this service also underwent a marginal increase to 2000 dollars in 2014.
On the other hand, American households alloted a similar amount of money to clothes in both years, at 2500 dollars. Meanwhile, the budget for publications was 1000 dollars in 2010, but people reduced their expense for these products to a half four years later, registering the lowest number throughout the period.