Turkey has been negotiating with America over a multi-billion-dollar package of aid and loans to cushion the economic impact of war.

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Meyers' forecast bakes in an 18- to 24-month cushion for economic recovery.

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Third, policymakers should act together to cushion the economic fallout.

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The Federal Reserve's Alan Greenspan has declared himself fully vindicated in his decision not to prick the stockmarket bubble in the late 1990s, but instead to wait for it to burst and then cut rates sharply to cushion the economic consequences.

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On top of this, there is little scope for fiscal policy to cushion the effects of economic shocks affecting different countries in different ways.

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Although the details are yet to be settled, the loans are expected to be used to set up a fund to cushion a dollarised Ecuador against economic shocks from abroad, to give subsidised loans to get businesses going again, to inject liquidity into a broken banking system, and to pay for schemes aimed at helping the poor.

ECONOMIST: Ecuador

The Recovery Act was intended to cushion the blow of the -- and severity of the economic downturn, to help save and create jobs, one aspect of a larger recovery that includes financial reform which is making its way through Congress to ensure that the type of activities we saw don't happen again.

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By sharing its economic pain with the rest of the world, America has been able to cushion the impact on jobs and consumer spending at home.

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To use a billiards analogy, investing in banks as a proxy for anticipated economic growth in a country is like a bank shot whereby a ball is driven into a cushion before it is pocketed.

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