budget surplus
Americannoun
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While Martin’s government faces a range of domestic problems, including a worsening housing crisis and a patchwork health care system, it also has loads of money and a huge budget surplus.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026
The ratings agency also cited Greece’s budget performance and forecast a general government budget surplus of close to 1% of GDP this year, improving from a deficit of 1.4% of GDP in 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
Through wielding his famous chainsaw External link, he has succeeded in streamlining the country’s bloated government bureaucracy and producing the country’s first budget surplus in over a decade.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
In 2024, Argentina registered its first budget surplus in more than a decade..
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2025
Kosovo has maintained a budget surplus as a result of efficient tax collection and inefficient budget execution.
From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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