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The graph shows relative price changes for fresh fruits and vegetables, sugars and sweets, and carbonated drinks between 1978 and 2009 based on Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Fresh fruits and vegetables saw a steady price increase over 300% while carbonated drinks remained fairly constant until a slow rise starting in 1999. Sugars and sweets fell between these trends.

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The graph shows relative price changes for fresh fruits and vegetables, sugars and sweets, and carbonated drinks between 1978 and 2009 based on Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Fresh fruits and vegetables saw a steady price increase over 300% while carbonated drinks remained fairly constant until a slow rise starting in 1999. Sugars and sweets fell between these trends.

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The graph below shows relative price changes for fresh fruits and vegetables, sugars and sweets,

and
carbonated drinks between 1978 and 2009.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where
relevant.
Write at least 150 words.

Data are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and represent the U.S. city averages for all urban consumers
in January of each year.

Model answer
The graph shows changes in the price of fresh fruits and vegetables, sugar and sweets, and carbonated drinks over a
thirty-year period in the US between 1979 and 2009. The graph also shows the general trend in the consumer price
index during this time.
While the consumer price index showed a slow and steady increase from 1979 to 2009, the same cannot be said for
the price of carbonated, or soft drinks. After rising briefly between 1979 and 1981, they remained fairly constant until
1999, when the price did begin to increase slowly.
In contrast, there was a marked difference in the price of fresh fruits and vegetables, which, despite periodic flu
ctuations, rose steadily throughout this period. In fact, fresh food prices only levelled out temporarily between 1990
and 1992 and again from 2000 to 2001. However, by 2008 the price had increased by more than 300%.

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