Inventories, which were temporarily in surplus, have tightened due to an OPEC production cutback.
This internal adjustment might involve inflation in surplus countries and deflation in deficit countries.
Nationalists highlight the calculation that Scotland's been in surplus for four out of five years.
Its budget is in surplus, its public debt, at 18%, is the lowest in the developed world.
Budgets are in surplus or close to balance, providing more scope for fiscal stimulus to support growth.
Whereas Ireland's current account was just in surplus last year, Portugal ran a deficit of 6.4% of GDP.
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Even the unified budget was not expected to be in surplus until 2002.
Most European governments are running chunky deficits, whereas America's budget is in surplus.
The CBO predicted that, absent tax cuts or spending increases, the federal budget would remain in surplus throughout the decade.
Johnson Matthey sees the palladium market in surplus by 725, 000 ounces in 2011, compared to a 530, 000-ounces deficit in 2010.
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Social Security would have remained in surplus, instead of sinking into deficit.
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Wilson said surpluses in aluminum are more common than deficits, noting the market has been in surplus 16 of the last 19 years.
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That is, we will be so awash in surplus revenues that it can start collecting interest on money it lends out rather than vice-versa.
The finance secretary told the conference that the latest official spending figures showed Scotland to be in surplus for the fourth year in a row.
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And while domestic demand in surplus economies flags, the imbalances that have contributed to the current crisis will not right themselves, and will encourage protectionism.
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Going forward, we believe the market will be in surplus in 2013, partly because we see only very modestly higher global GDP growth next year.
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One reason why Chinese officials have not felt the need to devalue earlier is that foreign trade has remained in balance, or, better, in surplus.
Such people, land-rich but cash-poor, may now submit their credits to the state treasury for a full cash refund whenever the state budget is in surplus.
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When the limitations of barter became too obvious what the other lot has in surplus may not be what you need right now a common currency was invented.
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New Zealand also boasts an independent central bank committed to price stability and a government budget that has been in surplus for the past five years.
In truth, this is just one quarter of the year, and the budget for the year as a whole is still likely to be in surplus.
Back to reality, it must be stressed that applied to our present economic situation, whether government spending is in deficit, balanced, or in surplus is immaterial.
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Now that the national current account is in surplus, the ladies discuss the stock market and mutual funds - specifically, the 15 funds bearing the Buy Korea name.
Indeed, if spending and deficits are the problem, why would a scenario in which our government could no longer spend either in surplus or deficit be so bad?
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Measured properly, China's budget is in surplus (see article).
In early October the Treasury released a pre-election economic and fiscal update indicating that after 14 years in surplus the budget balance was set to slip into deficit.
Sweden has high marginal tax rates but also lots of affluence and private enterprise, tightly regulated banks and a budget that was in surplus as recently as 2011.
Its primary budget (ie, before interest payments) is in surplus.
The deficit ends four years when it could claim to be in surplus, on a modest scale, assuming a large share of oil revenue and not including capital spending.
"Much more needs to be done to promote effective global rebalancing, which requires stronger demand in surplus countries and continued progress toward greater exchange rate flexibility, " Mr Lew said.
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