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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The question states that consumers spent about 13 percent of their income on food, 3.5 percent on clothes, and 22 percent on transportation and health care, leaving only one remaining category at 34 percent. The most likely category for this high spending percentage is housing.

The Department of Labor Monitors Consumer Expenditures Through Its Annual