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A situation in which assets exceed liabilities, income exceeds expenditures, exports exceed imports, or profits exceed losses. 
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A surplus is the opposite of a deficit. When a country exports more then it imports, it is said to have a trade surplus.

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  • Cleaning Up Dirty Surplus Items On The Income Statement

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/fundamental-analysis/09/accounting-for-dirty-surplus.asp
    Dirty surplus items can skew net income. Knowing how to account ... Cleaning Up Dirty
    Surplus Items On The Income Statement. June 05 2011 | Filed ...

  • CFA Question of the Week 20/09/2005 | Investopedia

    http://www.investopedia.com/professionals/questionoftheweek/cfa/200905.asp
    ... a) On her retirement date, she'll have a surplus of $412,568. b) On her retirement
    date, she'll have a surplus of $35,245. ... Surplus = 412,568. ...

  • Understanding The Current Account In The Balance Of Payments

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/03/061803.asp
    ... reading, see What Is The Balance Of Payments?) The Current Account The balance of
    the current account tells us if a country has a deficit or a surplus. ...

  • Take A Bite Out Of Counsel Corporation

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2012/Take-A-Bite-Out-Of-Counsel-Corporation-CXS.TO-BTN-CRBN-TRLG0116.aspx
    ... Get Free Stock Analysis By Email. Also a micro cap, Counsel RB Capital
    (OTCBB:CRBN) deals with distressed and capital surplus assets. ...

  • Breaking Down The US Budget Deficit

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/09/us-budget-deficit.asp
    ... The US government experiences a budget surplus when it takes in more revenue
    than it pays out for all government expenditures combined. ...

  • When Things Go Awry, Insurers Get Reinsured

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/pf/08/reinsurance.asp
    ... upon percentage between reinsurer and ceding company. There are two types
    of pro rata reinsurance - quota share and surplus share. ...

  • An Introduction To Sovereign Wealth Funds

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/08/sovereign-wealth-fund.asp
    ... The money typically comes from a nation's budgetary surplus. ... Sovereign wealth funds
    came about as a solution for a country with a budgetary surplus. ...

  • The History Of The T-Bill Auction

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/bonds/10/history-t-bill-auction.asp
    ... Problems occurred since the government paid out monies from surpluses, knowing
    what the surplus would be or if a surplus would even exist. ...

  • Navigating Government And Nonprofit Financial Statements

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/basics/07/government_nonprofit_statements.asp
    ... Don't forget, though, that a surplus is not a profit, nor is a deficit a loss -
    governments aren't in the business of hoarding money (nor are they "in business ...

  • The Louvre Accord: The Fight Against US Dollar Deflation

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/forex/09/louvre-accord.asp
    ... The trade deficit alone approached approximately 3.5% of the GDP, while the
    Japanese had a surplus of 4.5% and the Germans 4% of the GDP. ...

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