Sentence examples for Economic standstill from inspiring English sources

That would leave the United States with six months of economic standstill.

Silvio Berlusconi, a former Italian prime minister who presided over years of an economic standstill, is aiming for a populist comeback.

BANGKOK -- The Thai government maintained a state of emergency Friday after gunmen attacked and wounded one of the principal leaders of the "yellow shirt" protest movement that brought the country to a political and economic standstill last year.

Italy has officially slipped into recession, and Europe as a whole is essentially at an economic standstill, raising anxieties that the world is on the verge of a significant slowdown.

BANGKOK — One of the principal leaders of the "yellow shirt" protest movement that brought the country to a political and economic standstill last year was attacked by gunmen Friday morning in Bangkok.

The budget deficit reached a yawning 9.4% of GDP in 2006; Neil Shearing of Capital Economics, a consultancy, reckons it may be down to as little as 3.5% by the end of 2008.This has come at a heavy price, both in the government's rising unpopularity and in a near economic standstill last year.

The sealing of the borders with Iran and Pakistan and a collapsing exchange rate brought economic activity to standstill.

All the while, the nation has been at an economic and political standstill, with no legislature, almost no investment and even less foreign aid, and a devastated social and physical infrastructure.

The president proclaimed the country was in a state of emergency only after weeks of widespread political violence and strikes brought civic and economic life to a standstill.

Over all, economic activity came to a standstill for months, with growth expected to tumble to under 2 percent this year from a robust 7 percent in 2010.

Mr. Geithner said that just one year ago, economic activity came to a standstill as major financial institutions shut down because of a lack of liquidity.