A trade surplus indicates a positive balance of trade, where a nation's exports exceed its imports, resulting in a net inflow of cash from foreign markets. This can lead to employment growth and ...

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On Wednesday, Minnesota Management and Budget released a bittersweet economic forecast for February. The forecast balance turned out a $323 million budget surplus for the rest of the current biennium.

RICHMOND -- Virginia managed to finish the last fiscal year with an estimated budget surplus of at least $220 million, but Gov. Bob McDonnell cautioned Wednesday that the state is "not at all out of ...

Minnesota’s modest projected budget surplus for the next two years has dropped to $456 million, lower than the last estimate, and a projected deficit for the following two years has grown to nearly $6 ...