Enron could also have used the Eurodollar contracts to hedge against fluctuations in oil prices.
It would protect people against fluctuations from year to year.
Its role is to provide a limited cushion against fluctuations of the rates.
The Japanese want a higher number to cushion against normal fluctuations in the mortality rate; otherwise the fleet could be shut down.
Small producers have provided larger companies with an important cushion against fluctuations in demand by allowing them to use outside suppliers as shock absorbers.
Wealth can also serve as a safety net against fluctuations in income and poverty.
These had been bought a few weeks earlier, part of a complex exchange for yen holdings done as a classic hedge against monetary fluctuations.
I would, for example, mention protection at the borders against great fluctuations in the world market price and regulation of production on the internal market.
It will also protect the Union against excessive fluctuations of the dollar parity and stabilize the international monetary structure.
Inert display cases may be used to buffer against environmental fluctuations.