Definition: In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine the neutral choice based on your inference from the statement and your commonsense knowledge. The neutral choice is a sentence that neither agrees nor disagrees with the statement. Indicate your answer as '1', '2', or '3', corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence. If sentence X agrees with sentence Y, one's correctness follows from the other one. If sentence X disagrees with sentence Y, they can not be correct at the same time.
Input: Statement: The total value of households' stock holdings declined by nearly 18 percent in 2000, and stocks as a share of households' total assets declined to less than 24 percent. Choices: 1. In 2000, the total value of households' stock holdings went down by almost 18 percent. 2. This loss of stock holding value was the result of households putting less into their retirement funds. 3. In 2000, the total value of households' stock holdings went up by almost 18 percent.

2