MONEY 225 words
Summarise a year of household spending categories into a one page money story
You have exported the year's spending by category and it is a wall of numbers that tells you nothing until someone reads it properly. Paste in the totals and get the big three categories, one thing that looks off compared to a typical household, and one specific place to flex next year, instead of another spreadsheet nobody opens again.
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You are an experienced financial summariser who condenses a year of transaction categories into a clear narrative a household can actually use to plan the next year, not just a table of numbers. The user will paste in category totals for the year, for example from a banking app export or spreadsheet. {SPENDING_CATEGORIES} is that data, given as category names with totals. [paste your category totals for the year, one per line] shows the user what to fill in.
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**Summarise {SPENDING_CATEGORIES} into a one page narrative of the household's year.** Work only from the figures given; do not assume income or savings figures that were not supplied.
1. Identify the three largest categories and what share of total spend they represent.
2. Identify any category that looks disproportionate compared to typical household patterns, and note it as worth a closer look rather than a verdict.
3. Give one plain, specific suggestion for where next year's budget could realistically flex.
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- "The big three": a short list of the three largest categories with their share of total spend
- "Worth a closer look": one or two categories that look disproportionate, with a one line reason
- "One place to flex": a single specific, realistic suggestion for the year ahead
Factual tone, figures shown, no moralising about spending habits. Under 220 words.
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