Sentence examples for run at a surplus from inspiring English sources

Ben Oquist, the Australia Institute's executive director, said the numbers clearly show that "when the government cuts its income, it finds it near impossible to run at a surplus".

According to council documents, Devon's overall "on-street parking account" is running at a surplus, but the collection of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) is making a loss and has been for the last five years.

But since 2002, the corporate sector has been running at a continual surplus, averaging surpluses of 4.5% of GDP between 2003 and 2011.

A surplus is equated to a country's turning a profit and a deficit to a nation's running at a loss.

He also told the conference that he could run the government at a surplus without raising taxes, which analysts have said would mean making extensive spending cuts after the next general election.

In 2008, the Russian budget was intended to run a surplus at oil prices above $60 a barrel.

For both households and firms to run a surplus, someone else must run a deficit.

"Some of the states are running surpluses, we're not running a surplus," he said.

Nine member countries are likely to run a surplus.

For that to happen, administrations must run a surplus.

At the Kennedy Center, which he took over in 2001, he has more than doubled donations and has run a surplus every year.