You should be very sceptical when reading economic news, it's truly easy to mask a bad economy with a fake surplus. For example your assets are falling by 10 millions you sell an active worth 15 million, you have a surplus of 5 millions, but it's a fake one because it is just alienation of assets, next semester you'll have a red balance sheet again.
Last I read about US economy it was going bad, very bad, that's why I say try to get all the facts. ^^