Extra spending increases incomes and creates jobs, and people then have more to spend. This second round of new expenditure in turn creates more income and jobs – and new spending. Economists call this the multiplier effect. In each round of spending some extra income may be saved, taxed or spent on imports, and this limits the size of the multiplier effect.
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