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

Shvedova will play last year's runner-up Sabine Lisicki in the fourth round after the German claimed a stop-go 6-4 3-6 6-1 victory over 11th seed Ana Ivanovic.

From Reuters • Jun. 30, 2014

Maldonado was handed a 10-second stop-go penalty during the race.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2014

But where should the designer take that vision now that she has returned to her own label after eight years and a series of stop-go comebacks?

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2012

“Most of the big-cap companies are very keen not to get into a stop-go investment cycle that has dogged their production in past, but some of smaller players may be a more cautious short term.”

From BusinessWeek • Oct. 26, 2011

First of all the film couldn't get started; after nine years of stop-go development, filming got underway in 2007; by August 2008, the film was in the can, sort of.

From The Guardian • Oct. 3, 2010