buffer
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What happens to their budgets as the buffer from higher tax refunds evaporates?
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
The uptick in earnings revisions has coincided with the rise in Treasury yields, and that has provided a buffer for stocks, credit and risk assets overall.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
It creates a buffer between the set-up of the play, and the ball being delivered into the box.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
Loans to sectors vulnerable to supply chain disruptions account for 18.3% of total lending, while loan loss coverage remains above 100% for most banks, providing a buffer against rising credit costs, she reckons.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Spain saw this arrangement as a buffer to its North American holdings, which at the time included the lower Mississippi and the city of New Orleans.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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