Word: buffer
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...pumps almost at will, says Song Seng Wun, regional economist at CIMB-GK Research in Singapore. "They all face the downturn with a few more bullets in their pocket than they had in the past," he says. The high growth rates of the past several years provide an additional buffer. With the exception of slow-growing Japan, which may already be in a recession, Asian countries will likely account for the majority of the world's GDP growth this year...
...include in this mix some foreign stocks and bonds. If this crisis deepens, the costs could prove so staggering to the U.S. government that the dollar might plunge or interest rates might rise. Foreign holdings won't be immune to such fallout. But they will at least offer a buffer. "Give up the ability to hit a home run to make sure you don't strike out," says Dan Moisand, a financial planner in Melbourne, Fla. That sounds pretty good right...
...history of the rocky, Los Angeles-sized plateau, strategically nestled between Lebanon, Syria, Israel and Jordan, traces back to biblical times. From 953-586 B.C. the Golan Heights was both a buffer zone and a contested area for the ancient Kingdom of Israel and the Aramean Kingdom in Damascus...
...deplored the suspension of the trade talks, but suggested that Russia had grown accustomed to "artificial obstacles on the path to this document." On the eve of the summit, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev told Sarkozy - not for the first time - that Russian troops intended to pull out of the buffer zones in Georgia proper, raising the possibility that the ultimatum for the suspension of talks would quickly be rendered moot. "The majority of E.U. countries have manifested a responsible approach and confirmed their intention to continue the partnership with Russia," the Foreign Ministry statement concluded...
...strengthened their liquidity positions and shifted their liabilities further into the future: on average, newly issued bonds now mature in 2010 or after, rather than within a year. Although Iceland's major banks had hoped to grow quite quickly this year, they will use their liquidity conservatively as a buffer instead. Meanwhile, to their relief, Iceland's banks have negligible subprime exposure. Whether through luck or foresight, Glitnir and Landsbanki didn't buy any of the bad paper...