U.S. posts first budget surplus since 2008

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch)
The U.S. government in April posted its first monthly budget surplus since September 2008, the Treasury Department said Thursday
The $59 billion surplus came as tax receipts increased and spending on education, Medicare and defense civil programs fell in the month
The surplus in September 2008 -- the month that the financial crisis hit the U.S. economy -- was $46 billion