The rise came to a halt in 2008 when the Chinese authorities sought to cushion exporters from the turbulence of global recession but resumed in 2010 just weeks before the House passed a bill (see chart).
Boston.com put together the following chart, which shows the percent of questions asked by Twitter users and White House journalists that mention selected topics.
In most of continental Europe the combined costs of buying and selling a house amount to 10% or more of the purchase price (see chart 7), and in Belgium to as much as 18%.