buffer stock

noun

1. commerce a stock of a commodity built up by a government or trade organization with the object of using it to stabilize prices

Example Sentences

The company is comfortable holding buffer stock as its supply chain ramps up production to support a planned increase from its current rate of 31 MAXs per month, Calhoun said during Boeing’s annual meeting.

From Reuters

The energy department said it was also considering additional measures that will require legislative approval, such as increasing the buffer stock of gasoline and diesel to 45 days from 30 and LPG to 15 days from seven.

From Reuters

"They've just been smarter about it than other companies in terms of making sure there's buffer stock," a Tesla supplier executive said.

From Reuters

But what if we could use employment as a buffer stock?

From Los Angeles Times

I came to the Jobs Guarantee from a macroeconomic perspective — the realization that we were using unemployed people as a kind of “buffer stock” to control inflation.

From Los Angeles Times