stop-go

British  

adjective

1. (of economic policy) characterized by deliberate alternate expansion and contraction of aggregate demand in an effort to curb inflation and eliminate balance of payments deficits, and yet maintain full employment

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Example Sentences

The promise of big-bang stimulus, which has hitherto been a stop-go mix of one rate cut and some loan relaxations for the property and state sectors, is now drawing some investors in.

From Reuters

Analysts expect the world's third-largest economy to grow at an annualised pace of 1.2% this quarter, much weaker growth than other advanced economies, as stop-go coronavirus curbs reined in private consumption.

From Reuters

Vaccination has been a stop-go affair in France with polls suggesting last year that more than half of French people opposed vaccination.

From New York Times

This approach is “a lot more effective than the kind of sequence of stop-go, stop-go that’s been going on since the summer,” he said.

From New York Times

AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly claimed an unlikely victory at the Italian Grand Prix after a chaotic race which saw world champion Lewis Hamilton receive a 10-second stop-go penalty and both Ferraris fail to finish at their home circuit on Sunday.

From Seattle Times