Focus on Prices and Spending | Consumer Expenditure | Volume 2, Number 16

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Focus on Prices and Spending, Consumer Expenditure, Volume 2, Number 16

Focus on Prices and Spending | Consumer Expenditure | Volume 2, Number 16

Chart 1. Shares of expenditures for selected categories, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Japan, 2009
Country	Food	Housing	Transportation	Health care	Clothing
United States	14.6	26.3	17.5	7.2	4.0
Canada	15.3	21.4	20.6	4.2	6.0
United Kingdom	19.9	24.1	15.2	1.4	5.5
Japan	21.8	21.6	9.8	4.3	4.2