The phrase "actual surplus" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to economics, finance, or resource management to refer to the surplus that truly exists, as opposed to projected or theoretical surpluses.
Example: "After reviewing the financial statements, we found that the actual surplus for the quarter was significantly higher than anticipated."
Alternatives: "real surplus" or "true surplus".
"I didn't think we would have an actual surplus of players," Fujita said.
In fact, we have never seen an out-year gap in New York City that didn't result in an actual surplus.
So our political debate is based on projections saying that in the years ahead the federal government will run average annual surpluses about 10 times as big as this year's actual surplus.
A TRIGGER mechanism that ties the tax cuts to the actual surplus -- not an estimated surplus based on long-range predictions -- is the only way we can be sure we are voting for fiscally responsible tax cuts," Senator Mary Landrieu, Democrat of Louisiana, said.
A 15% undercount would mean an actual surplus of $11 billion.
Westminster service development manager Kieran Fitsall says: "The actual surplus was £36.3m last year and the money generated goes on transport and infrastructure, this includes bridge repairs and all sorts of schemes from the Freedom Pass and concessionary fares for the elderly and disabled.
California needs to return to limited government accompanied by a minimal amount of confiscatory taxation to support only essential services along with pay-as-you-go budgeting; means testing for all government-assistance programs; balanced budgets; actual surpluses and down payments to reduce long-term debt.
But he has conspicuously refused to make the same promise for Medicare -- and has also refused to consider proposals that would make future tax cuts contingent on actual surpluses, instead of locking them in on the basis of highly questionable projections.
But Mr. Bush came into office after actual surpluses of $236 billion in 2000 and $127 billion in 2001; the budget now has a deficit that conservative estimates show will top $300 billion annually through the end of the decade if Mr. Bush's tax cuts and other tax reductions are made permanent.
The reason for the large shift from projected deficits to actual surpluses was more rapid growth and a sharp reduction in the unemployment rate.
In the first quarter, the actual budget surplus was 2.2% of annualised GDP.The government is defining more clearly how it will use the surplus.
