Now many expect a surplus of about $34 billion, up from a record surplus of $33.7 billion in 2004, according to a central bank survey.
The analysis also found that the city will end the current fiscal year on June 30 with a surplus of $3.5 billion, slightly greater than Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has projected, and should expect a surplus of $400 million in the 2007 fiscal year, which starts July 1.
Next year, 2001-02, the chancellor expects a surplus of £6 billion, up from the £5 billion he was expecting last March.
For now, a precariously balanced budget is projected through 2011, when the agency expects a surplus of $1 million.
The State Comptroller's Office said on Tuesday that it expected a surplus of $327.8 million when the current fiscal year ends in June.
And California, which faced a $26 billion deficit two years ago, expects a surplus of between $1.2 billion and $4.4 billion this year, thanks to a combination of tax increases, budget cuts and an improving economy.
Even so, the government expects a surplus of $20 billion: although they save less than they did, the Koreans are still a thrifty lot.In this section Lazarus of the East?
China's Iron and Steel Association reportedly expects a surplus of iron ore for 2009 because of a downturn in construction and manufacturing.
We expect a higher surplus production in plants in the open stand.
In Ocean City, officials expect a library surplus of more than $4 million.
The economy has been so strong that economists now expect a fiscal-2000 surplus of at least $200 billion and perhaps $225 billion; in January the Congressional Budget Office was estimating $176 billion.
