Sentence examples for backstop during from inspiring English sources

Traditional banks have access to cheap government loans to encourage them to lend freely and also to serve as a backstop during a panic.

BRUSSELS -- European leaders on Thursday promised to safeguard their common currency by backstopping Greece during its debt crisis.

The second proposal calls for much of the same, but it includes a government backstop for mortgages during times of market stress.

A draft statement said: "A common backstop will be developed during the transition period.

And the temporary federal government backstop put in place during the crisis is no longer in force.

That left the former backstop in perfect position during the 1998 season to catch an eyeful of a pint-size outfielder who had taken the unorthodox trail from the Dominican Republic to the Hiroshima Carp, arriving there at the almost unheard age of 18. "I see that he run very fast and make good contact," O'Jimi said.

In addition to financial guidance, that also could provide an emotional backstop for jittery investors during market downturns.

The House bill takes a starkly different approach to a measure in the Democratically-controlled Senate that would provide a federal backstop to kick in during times of crisis.

This can be done on the condition that only the backstop technology is actually operated during the second period.

Now, for the first time, the public can see which banks, from the smallest community lender to the largest Wall Street firm, accessed the backstop at their regional Federal Reserve branch during the worst financial emergency since the Great Depression.

Ankiel, who threw five pitches to the backstop Thursday in a three-inning stint during an 11-5 victoverover Pittsburgh, was optioned to Class AAA Memphis.