budget surplus; fiscal surplus
Refers to a government's financial situation where revenue exceeds expenditure.
This fiscal year's budget surplus reached a record high.
財政赤字 means 'budget deficit', the opposite of 財政黒字.
財政赤字 means a government's expenditures exceed revenues, while 財政黒字 means the opposite—revenues exceed expenditures.
Compound of 財政 (finance, fiscal) and 黒字 (black figures, surplus).