Sentences with phrase «near standstill»

Because of this, war came to a near standstill as men were mowed down by machine guns and blown to pieces by artillery fire on a daily basis.

Moody's assessment of Trump said that under his proposals the U.S. economy would «avoid a recession... but growth comes to a near standstill early in [his] term.»

Corporate profits were weakening, a long U.S. bull market had limped to a near standstill, and the angry populism of the presidential primaries made us wonder whether American capitalism was about to take a pitchfork in the gut.

Construction of rental housing on Long Island came to a near standstill in the 1980s and 1990s and more than 22,000 rental units were converted to for - sale housing, according to the Long Island Index, a research study compiled by nonprofit the Rauch Foundation.

The dot - com crash blindsides the digital industry and Delvinia faces its first major business challenge as it manages through a turbulent economic environment where spending on digital projects comes to a near standstill.

With its economy slogging along at a near standstill last year, the euro has slid nearly 15 percent since May.

In previous work, the group devised a way to trap individual atoms, by using a laser beam to first cool a cloud of rubidium atoms to close to absolute zero temperatures, slowing their motion to a near standstill.

Packed with sufficient power at the time of operating from a near standstill position as well as when there's a need to maneuver in the road.

Its 542bhp is matched by a generous slug of pulling power, so the car accelerates relentlessly from a near standstill, accompanied by a menacing V8 snarl from its quad exhausts.

Hell, the cat walked into the webcam zone behind me and things came to a near standstill for an instant.

The Liquidity Crisis of 2008 In the fall of 2007 and the spring of 2008, the credit markets came to a near standstill as financial firms took large losses on mortgage bonds, leveraged loans and other assets.

Last year, the prospect of Hurricane Irene reaching landfall in Manhattan caused the city's mayor to mandate the first complete shutdown of the city's mass transit system, bringing the Big Apple to a near standstill.

One to two inches of snow fell on Atlanta Tuesday, bringing traffic in the area to a near standstill.

In addition, the massive demand for bitcoin has ground transaction times to a near standstill, sometimes taking hours to complete even small transactions along with charging fees in the tens of dollars.

I have seen this organization come to a near standstill once or twice.

According to the Retail Sales Outlook, NRF's quarterly economic forecast, the contrast between the economy being in overdrive and screeching to a near standstill is what is causing the pain.

The delay suggests an irony: even with election of Donald Trump, the first developer as president, commercial real estate investment has slowed to a near standstill — especially in Trump's hometown, the nation's largest market.

As residential building recovers from a near standstill after the housing crisis, much of the momentum is coming not from subdivisions with green lawns and two - car garages but from rental apartments.

In some communities, like Key West and St. Pete Beach on Florida's west coast, home sales have come to a near standstill just as the crush of the recession was beginning to fade.