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 ...

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 ...

China's trade surplus for September 2025 totaled $90.45 billion. Although this result came in below analyst expectations of ...

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 ...

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, on Wednesday disclosed that Nigeria’s trade surplus has risen ...

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 ...