In 1978 Saudi Arabia placed some surplus funds into Swiss francs and German marks, instead of holding them in dollars, and at one point actually moved money from dollars to marks.

1978年沙特将部分盈余资金转换为瑞士法郎和德国马克，而不是以美元形式持有，实际上一度将美元转为德国马克。

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Through strict control of ordinary expenses and comprehensive use of surplus funds, the central government will spend 101.386 billion yuan on this item, a decrease of 4.629 billion yuan or 4.4%.

严格控制一般性支出，统筹使用结余资金，中央本级支出1013.86亿元，减少46.29亿元，下降4.4%。

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Yet for many people, the more sensible move may be to use surplus funds to pay down their debt.

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For next year, it does have some surplus funds.

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Central to Mr Bush's short-term problem is what the disappearing surplus means for the social security surplus, the funds set aside for future Social Security, or pension, payments.

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