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May 11, 2005
A Little Good News on the Economy...
...is appreciated.
April budget surplus swells to $57.71 bln
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States posted a greater-than-expected $57.71 billion budget surplus in April, the largest monthly surplus in three years, as tax receipts swelled, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday.The April reading surpassed Wall Street expectations for a $55 billion budget surplus and raised the possibility of a much lower fiscal 2005 fiscal deficit* than first forecast.
*emphasis mine
Not bad work for a chimp, eh what?
Posted by tree hugging sister at May 11, 2005 04:29 PM