A surplus occurs when assets or goods exceed demand. Learn about different types of surplus, their impact on economies, and examples of surplus scenarios.

Consumer surplus is based on the economic theory of marginal utility, which is the additional satisfaction a consumer gains from one more unit of a good or service. The consumer surplus increases as ...

Oil fell in the early Asian session, weighed down by prospects of a market surplus.

The Federal Budget Balance, a key indicator of the health of the U.S. economy, has reported a significant swing into surplus territory. The actual figure for the month came in at $198.0 billion, a ...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has projected a surplus in the global oil market for 2026, estimating up to four ...

On Wednesday, Minnesota Management and Budget released a bittersweet economic forecast for February. The forecast balance turned out a $323 million budget surplus for the rest of the current biennium.

RICHMOND -- Virginia managed to finish the last fiscal year with an estimated budget surplus of at least $220 million, but Gov. Bob McDonnell cautioned Wednesday that the state is "not at all out of ...

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, has revealed that Nigeria’s trade surplus has risen to 6% of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), noting that this is expected ...

Robust economic development provided the City of Falls Church with a significant net surplus in revenues over expenditures in ...