1.   The budget surplus would continue to provide Australia with a period of sustained budgetary discipline unprecedented in its history.

2.   As long as the economy and stock markets remain hot and Congress keeps a lid on spending, budget surpluses will continue.

3.   A senior ministry official said the government expects the overall trade surplus will continue to shrink and that auto exports will continue to rise.

4.   Bush says his tax cut plan would insure that the surplus continues.

5.   Bush says his tax cut plan would ensure that the surplus continues.

6.   Congress could decide to enact similar rebates each year if the surplus continued.

7.   Economists expect the surplus to continue expanding into next year and the yen to strengthen against the dollar if trade tension rises between the U.S. and Japan.

8.   Economists expect the surplus to continue expanding into next year, and the yen to strengthen against the dollar if trade tensions rise between the U.S. and Japan.

9.   Economists warned that the trade surplus will continue to expand, as Japan turns to exports to fight its way out of an economic slump.

10.   Everyone agrees that unexpected surpluses continue to roll in, though the prudent warn that long-term projections are unreliable.