Treasurer Jim Chalmers has been quick to downplay speculation the government could be in striking distance of a third budget surplus. Catch up on how the day unfolded across our blog.

This means they need to clear roster space from their 40-man and are "shopping some of their surplus" in the trade market, per USA Today. Among that surplus could be reliever Ryan Brasier.

While India has not yet been singled out, New Delhi is closely watching US policy announcements. Trump has frequently criticised India's trade surplus with the US, referring to it as a “tariff king”.

Wes Moore warned at the time. “People see a surplus number and it’s exciting. Everyone understands that,” Moore said in an interview with The Baltimore Sun two weeks before his inauguration.

In 1998, the Progressive Labour Party won the election and the “corrupt” United Bermuda Party handed over a surplus of $1.2 million. Now there is a deficit of $3.5 billion plus causing a large ...

China Is Not Seeking a Trade Surplus, Vice Premier Says DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - China is not seeking a trade surplus and is willing to import more competitive and high-quality products and ...

Picture: NewsWire/ Adam Yip “I made the point that the United States has enjoyed a trade surplus with Australia since the Truman presidency,” Mr Albanese told the ABC’s 7.30. “It has been ...

President Javier Milei made good on his promise to deliver a fiscal surplus in his first year, achieving a feat not seen in over a decade in Argentina’s deficit-prone economy. “Today’s fiscal result ...

Kemp's $40.5 billion fiscal 2025 mid-year budget, $4.4 billion above the spending plan the General Assembly adopted last spring, dips into the state's healthy surplus to bankroll a $1 billion one-time ...

BUENOS AIRES, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Argentina likely logged the largest trade surplus in its history in 2024, a Reuters analyst poll released on Friday showed, on the back of libertarian President ...

Jan 17 (Reuters) - Argentina brought in its first budget surplus in more than a decade in 2024, data published on Friday showed, marking a win for libertarian President Javier Milei and his ...