Matanzas aims for its municipalities to be in surplus by 2025.

When we talk about surplus, we should not only look at income, but also at the goods and services acquired by the population. I have seen reports where they talk about a surplus in a given period and do not see the same growth in the delivery of goods and services. So I repeat, be careful with the growth we are proposing.
I attended a meeting where it was said that the municipalities of Matanzas aspire to be surplus by 2025, a claim that is accompanied by real possibilities, even within the difficulties our economy is going through. In the previous year, six or seven municipalities achieved this goal. At least, statistically speaking.
The surplus refers to an excess of income over expenses, so that the difference between them is positive. The aspiration is not easy and requires a lot of organization and discipline.
To be in surplus, the territory must have more income than expenses, that is, it must produce and sell more products than it buys, including services. Therefore, when it exceeds the outgoings, we are talking about a surplus agent.
Surplus can bring confusion and cause illusion. For example, when revenues exceed expenditures, a balance must be made with the production of goods and services for society, that is, if both correspond.
It is important to distinguish these elements, because there can be a financial surplus without productive results in line with monetary growth. This happens when inflation is involved, because productions are sold at prices much higher than their cost.
Inflation, like other indicators of macroeconomic instability, reduces both capital accumulation and total productivity, in other words, less products and more money, which is why I speak of illusion.
Therefore, when we talk about surplus, let us not only look at income, but also at the goods and services purchased by the population. I have seen reports where they talk about the existence of a surplus in a given period and do not observe the same growth in the delivery of goods and services. So I repeat, be careful with the growth we are proposing.
Written by Enrique Tirse.