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Surplus meaning
That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus; overage. | Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government. | The remainder of a fund appropriated for a particular purpose.
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Producer surplus is necessarily decreased, while consumer surplus may or may not increase; however the decrease in producer surplus must be greater than the increase (if any) in consumer surplus.
In terms of the US dollar, China experienced a trade surplus of $88.19 billion, which is much larger than expectations that it will see a surplus of $39.2 billion.
JAX started in Ames, Iowa, under the name Ames Surplus in 1955, mainly selling items purchased from government surplus sales.
If you have one where all their surplus is in the form of a loan and/or the potential to assess policyholders, how secure is their true surplus?
It is a surplus majority coalition without a majority party, that is, a coalition with parties that are not necessary for a majority, hence the term тАЬsurplus majorityтАЭ, sometimes called a surplus majority coalition.
Surplus pays claims and you find surplus on balance sheets.
The state of Wisconsin has a surplus of around $7 billion; $32 million is less than half a percent of this, and, as such, has a small impact on the surplus.
Apart from sugarcane, the government also plans to use surplus rice lying with Food Corporation of India and maize in States where maize production is in surplus for producing ethanol from coming ethanol supply year (November to December).
China's trade surplus with the United States for the first two months of the year stood at $25.37 billion, Reuters calculation based on Chinese customs data showed, much narrower than a surplus of $42.16 billion in the same period last year.
One is simply risk: when a key part of the surplus that universities rely on is sourced from a one-party state with a leader for life, then this surplus can be rapidly affected by political or economic developments.
Therefore, the Survey says, from the perspective of trade balance, India has clearly 'gained' in terms of 0.7 % increase in trade surplus per year for manufactured products and of 2.3 % increase in trade surplus per year for total merchandise.
There were similarities between the “drain” of surplus from colonial Ireland as depicted here and the British drain of surplus from India.
Australia has posted its first current account surplus in 44 years with a $5.9 billion surplus for the June quarter.
Street department employees Brooks Ferguson and Jeremy Ferguson noted the city had a lot of old surplus equipment and suggested the city may sell those unused items as surplus as a way to help fund the purchase of better equipment that is much needed.
Michigan's Surplus Store Opens for 1 Day for Walk-InsThe state's Surplus Store in Lansing is opening for one day for walk-ins interested in computers, phones, cameras, jewelry and other items.
Although Djibouti runs a substantial surplus in its services balance, the surplus has been smaller than the deficit in the merchandise trade balance.
And, just as easily, a deficit in the 'balance of trade' may be offset by a larger surplus in capital transfers from overseas to produce a balance of payments surplus overall.
Consumer surplus Consumer surplus is the difference between the maximum price a consumer is willing to pay and the actual price they do pay.
Consumer surplus or consumers' surplus is the monetary gain obtained by consumers because they are able to purchase a product for a price that is less than the highest price that they would be willing to pay.
For a given price the consumer buys the amount for which the consumer surplus is highest, where consumer surplus is the sum, over all units, of the excess of the maximum willingness to pay over the equilibrium (market) price.