The Monthly Budget: Categories, a Buffer, a Savings Target and the Gap
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In this lesson
You build Jonas's monthly budget from eight categories, show each category's share of income, set aside a buffer and a savings target, and find out whether the plan leaves a surplus or a gap.
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Lessons in this course
- Your Cost Inventory: One-Off, Monthly, Semester and Yearly Costs as Monthly Equivalents Locked
- Housing Options Compared: Student Residence, Shared Flat or Living at Home Locked
- Where the Money Comes From: Family Support, an Invented Grant and Part-Time Pay Locked
- Work vs Study: A Weekly Hours Budget, the Wage You Need and a Study-Hour Limit Locked
- Spreading the Big Bills: Fees, Books and a New Laptop as Monthly Savings (DAYS, EDATE) Locked
- The Monthly Budget: Categories, a Buffer, a Savings Target and the Gap Locked
- The Spending Tracker: Totals by Category and Month with SUMIFS and Overspend Flags Locked
- Capstone: What-If Scenarios for Rent, Work Hours and the Phone Plan, with a Chart Locked