Without consumers out and about spending money and without businesses making products and hiring people, the economy has effectively ground to a halt.

没有消费者出去消费，没有企业生产产品、雇佣员工，经济实际上已经陷入停滞。

The earnings musicians make from their recorded output has been thrown into an even starker light in the advent of the COVID crisis, where traditional live shows effectively ground to a halt.

在 COVID 危机来临之际， 音乐家从他们录制的作品中赚取的收入更加引人注目，传统的现场表演实际上陷入停顿。