Sentence examples for close to balance from inspiring English sources

The federal budget is close to balance.

The current account is close to balance, as is the budget before interest payments.

Earlier this year, they promised to bring their budgets "close to balance" by 2004.

The government's finances are close to balance; most government debt is now long-term and denominated in pesos, rather than dollars.

As well as agreeing to this draconian procedure, club members have agreed to maintain budgets that are, in normal times, "close to balance or in surplus".

In normal times all members of the European Union are meant to aim for budgets that are "close to balance or in surplus".

"I'd like to be close to balanced.

But while Chicago and downstate come close to balancing out, they do not do so exactly.

When the second rescue was approved, Greece looked close to balancing its primary budget.

These factors came close to balancing out, but Mr. Romney gained about 10 delegates on net.

Commonwealth budgets haven't come close to balancing for eight years.