The Department of Labor Monitors Consumer Expenditures Through Its Annual

question 303

Multiple Choice

The Department of Labor monitors consumer expenditures through its annual Consumer Expenditure Survey.In 2009,consumers spent about 13 percent of their income on food,34 percent on __________,3.5 percent on clothes and 22 percent on transportation and health care.

• A)education
• B)housing
• C)vacations
• D)health care
• E)transportation

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