0 A stop-go situation is one in which there are periods of development and activity quickly followed by periods without activity, especially in a country's economy. -- (尤指国家经济)发展与停顿交替的
The UK cannot afford another stop-go cycle of economic development. 英国再也经受不起经济时而发展、时而停滞的循环了。
That is the measure of our benefit from escaping from stop-go.
Other economies have had steady, remorseless growth; we have had the switchback of stop-go.
We are familiar with the "stop-go" nature of the intercommunal talks.
Therefore, the cycle generated by stop-go has led to under-investment and under-utilisation of investment.
To allow our industry to be destroyed because of short-term changes in the exchange rate or stop-go policies is absurd.
We have discovered a new form of stop-go which is highly damaging to public finances and the whole process of planning and delivery.
But he has imposed stop-go on the public services with a vengeance: two years of stop, about one-and-a-half years of go.
I should like to address myself to a simple question: are we returning to a stop-go situation?