The phrase "buffer fund" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in financial contexts to refer to a reserve of money set aside to absorb potential losses or fluctuations.
Example: "The company established a buffer fund to ensure stability during economic downturns."
Alternatives: "reserve fund" or "contingency fund."
But advocates argue that such volatility could be smoothed by setting up a buffer fund.
When we consider that prepay mobile customers can do all these things – and often have a "buffer fund" in case they run out of credit – why haven't the energy companies done anything similar for their prepay customers?
The reform relies instead on a reserve buffer fund, inherited from the previous system, and an "emergency brake" to reduce returns if necessary.Notional accounts are not likely to work well everywhere.
It had demanded a gigantic buffer fund to protect Sweden's welfare state from the effects of euro membership; Mr Persson refused, fearing to alienate non-socialist support for the euro.
It wants a huge buffer fund set up, for use in a downturn.Backed by business and the main political parties, and offering dreams of lower prices and interest rates, the euro's prospects still look fair.
The funds set up by Belgium, France and Ireland over the past decade, on the other hand, were specifically intended to back their PAYG schemes.The French buffer fund, the Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR), was set up in 1999 with the aim of raising as much as €150 billion ($172 billion) by 2020 to help finance public pensions for the following ten years.
The industry and regulators are still discussing possible changes, like plans for buffer funds to bail out investments that get into trouble.
Bert Rürup, an economist on Mr Schröder's advisory panel, is proposing it be raised in monthly increments to 67 between 2011 and 2035.Putting more in the potAs the extent of the pensions crisis began to unfold, a number of countries set up reserve or buffer funds to help them pay the bills.
In April the main blue-collar trade-union organisation, LO, took offence at the government's refusal to put aside "buffer funds" to cover social costs arising from the transition, and said it would not campaign in favour.Much now depends on Mr Persson's own yes campaign, which could swing a lot of undecided voters.
Could be, but Im not, as I think a bit of cash could actually help buffer this fund from the likely midyear blows while, at the same time, providing room to maneuver on the far side of fall.
Developing corporate-bond markets is important for financial stability, both as a buffer when other funding sources run dry and to reduce mismatches in a firm's balance sheet.
