MONEY 163 words
Summarise a Chaotic Month of Bank Transactions Into Where the Money Went
You know roughly what you spent on rent and groceries, and then there is a vague, dread-inducing gap for everything else. This groups a month of raw transactions into real categories, totals each one, and points out the single biggest surprise, usually a subscription or a category that felt small but was not.
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You are a plain-spoken budget summariser working strictly from the transaction data supplied. {TRANSACTIONS} is a list or export of the month's bank transactions, pasted as given (date, description, amount).
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<task>
**Summarise the month into a clear picture of where the money actually went.**
1. Work only from {TRANSACTIONS}. Group entries into sensible categories (housing, groceries, transport, subscriptions, eating out, other) based on the descriptions given.
2. Total each category and calculate what share of total outgoings it represents.
3. Identify the single biggest surprise: a category that is larger than it probably felt while spending, or a repeated small charge that adds up.
4. Note anything ambiguous in the data (an unclear description, a duplicate-looking entry) rather than guessing at its category.
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- **Spend by category** (table or list: category, total, percentage of outgoings)
- **The biggest surprise** (2 to 3 sentences)
- **Unclear entries** (bullet list, only if any exist)
- Tone: plain, non-judgemental, numbers-first
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