surplus
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Imports for September soared 51.7 percent to $63.6 billion and the trade surplus reached $23.6 billion -- both also record highs, the ministry said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Canada’s goods-trade surplus widened to C$4.2 billion in August, marking its largest surplus since May 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Some of the surplus is being invested in national wealth funds to help with future spending commitments.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
That marked the largest surplus since the start of 2025, when companies similarly raced to build stocks of Canadian goods ahead of the Trump administration’s first wave of tariffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Lawrence’s careful groundwork with Groves bore fruit, for the general gave freely of the army’s surplus bounty, including the radar oscillators for Alvarez and a supply of capacitors for McMillan’s synchrotron, worth $203,000.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
It’s worth noting that with the boom in commodity prices in 2026 Brazil is posting massive trade surpluses every month.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
But soaring surpluses with several key trading partners has also become a political issue, as officials overseas argue that waves of Chinese imports are crowding out local competition.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
The trade surplus was supported by falling energy imports as oil prices cooled, alongside larger surpluses in chemicals, machinery and vehicles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
In addition, Moody’s said Argentina’s sustained fiscal surpluses, a decline in inflation and continued economic liberalization have acted to strengthen its policy credibility and reduce macroeconomic volatility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
With the crop surpluses that they could grow and store, they fed craft specialists, chiefs, and part-time soldiers.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
The city has been prioritizing the use of surplused land for “low-income housing” for several years.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
Next he built a telecom infrastructure company — MK Global — that ”secured the rights to a $1 billion in equipment surplused in the wake of the dot-com crash.”
From Forbes ● Sep. 19, 2011
Consequently the neighborhood was notified that a sacred concert by a "surplused choir" composed of members of the Jenkins household, assisted by a few of their schoolmates, would be given a week from Wednesday night.
From Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley by Belle Kanaris Maniates
He couldn't look like that surplused boy, though.
From Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley by Belle Kanaris Maniates
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