Sentence examples for surplus fall from inspiring English sources

Even Singapore, traditionally one of the region's highest savers, saw its budget surplus fall from 8.6% of GDP in 1996 to 2.5% in 1999.

Mr. Bush, even by his own reckoning, has less wiggle room should the surplus fall short of expectations or the need for new spending be greater than he assumes.

From a year ago, the surplus fell 20.4percentt.

Sweden's 12-month surplus fell to $5.1 billion in August.

Underlying revenue and operating surplus fell by 1% in 2006.

Germany's trade surplus fell over the same 12 months.

Japan's trade surplus fell to $5 billion in January, cutting the 12-month total to $111.5 billion.

Its 12-month trade surplus fell to $67.7 billion; its current-account deficit narrowed to $15.2 billion.

Italy's trade surplus fell to $8.4 billion in the 12 months to May.

Indeed, while China's total trade in 2010 rose 34.7% from 2009, its surplus fell 6.4%.

ECONOMY China's trade surplus fell slightly, to $27.6 billion, in the 12 months to September.