Sentence examples for surplus estimated from inspiring English sources

Now, budget writers are working with a surplus estimated at $12 billion.

The legislators say the state's budget surplus, estimated at $848 million, would easily cover the $120 million in uncollected revenue.

It saves much more than it invests, resulting in a vast current-account surplus, estimated at 8% of GDP last year.

But by highlighting it in his first budget, Mr. Bush is starting a new chapter in the debate over how the nation can best use the projected federal budget surplus, estimated at $5.6 trillion over the next decade.

The surplus, estimated last year at $5.6 trillion for the 10 years from 2002 through 2011, is now forecast to be $336 billion for the same period and $1 trillion for the decade starting next year.

They argue that China's massive current-account surplus (estimated at 11% of GDP in 2007) proves that it produces far more than it consumes and relies on foreign demand to buy the excess.

The surplus estimates could change drastically if the economy should turn down.

Their hand could be strengthened considerably by the new surplus estimates the Congressional Budget Office will probably release later this month.

Treasury officials say they rely on Mr. Cohen to interpret everything from the latest Congressional Budget Office surplus estimates to a new proposal for Social Security to political infighting among key members of the Senate and House Appropriations committees.

The increase in the surplus estimates also allowed the Republican majority in Congress to claim that it had stuck to its pledge not to dip into Social Security money to pay for general government operations during the current fiscal year.

Obviously, a lower tax rate on lodges inflates the private profit-value of ecotourism, but has less effect on producer surplus estimates, as fixed costs include some taxes.