show-stopping, brittle confidence levels. Mr. Putin’s grip over the elite coalition may be more brittle than it seemed,

A Mutiny That Showed the Stress on Vladimir Putin’s System of Rule

The rebellion against Russia’s military leadership suggests Mr. Putin’s grip over the elite coalition may be more brittle than it seemed, our columnist writes.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine urged supporters to stay the course and tried to convince India and Brazil that there was no middle ground.

show-stopping, 

very impressive

/ˈʃəʊ stɒpɪŋ/ /ˈʃəʊ stɑːpɪŋ/ [only before noun] (informal) ​(of a performance) very impressive and receiving a lot of applause from the audience. a show-stopping performance.

show-stopping adjective - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

brittle Show phonetics
adjective
1 delicate and easily broken:
As you get older your bones become increasingly brittle.
The pond was covered in a brittle layer of ice.

2 unkind and unpleasant:
She gave a brittle laugh and turned away.

━━ a. 砕けやすい; もろい; 怒りっぽい; 温かみ［深み］のない; （音が）鋭い.

Confidence levels among the world's pinstriped community are brittle.

世界各第地的高級管理人社團對市場信心水準還是很脆弱的 微妙的

pin-stripe

細縞(じま)（の布）; その柄の洋服.

Global business barometer

Brave faces

Oct 2nd 2007

White-collar workers cultivate a fragile optimism

Confidence levels among the world’s pinstriped community are brittle, according to the results of the first Global Business Barometer, a quarterly business-confidence survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit. More than 1,000 executives gave their views on how business conditions will change over the next six months. Bulls outnumbered bears, but not by much: the overall confidence index, which shows how many more executives think things will improve than get worse, stands at +13 (the sunniest possible score is +100, the gloomiest -100).

Sentiment varies based on industry (nerves are stretched tight in the financial services and construction industries, while energy and IT workers are upbeat) and location (Asians are far more sanguine than Europeans and especially North Americans). Most respondents are more confident about their own country’s prospects than those of the global economy, though American executives are a notable exception.