A surplus occurs when assets or goods exceed demand. Learn about different types of surplus, their impact on economies, and examples of surplus scenarios.

Consumer surplus is based on the economic theory of marginal utility, which is the additional satisfaction a consumer gains from one more unit of a good or service. The consumer surplus increases as ...

The Federal Budget Balance, a key indicator of the health of the U.S. economy, has reported a significant swing into surplus territory. The actual figure for the month came in at $198.0 billion, a ...

Pakistan recorded a $110 million current account surplus in September 2025, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).

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.

Robust economic development provided the City of Falls Church with a significant net surplus in revenues over expenditures in ...

The Philippines posted a smaller balance of payments surplus in September, reflecting subdued external inflows compared to last year, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

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 ...

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, has revealed that Nigeria’s trade surplus has risen to 6% of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), noting that this is expected ...

China's higher refinery processing rates have sharply reduced crude oil available for storage, shrinking its average surplus to the lowest level this year.