If you don't have that, then you run the risk of economic stagnation, or maybe even a declining economic spiral, as there simply aren't enough customers out there to buy the products and services being produced.
то мы рискуем оказаться  в ситуации экономического застоя или даже спада, а всё потому, что не будет хватать покупателей производимых товаров и услуг.