Keyword: expenditure multiplier

Domestic Content (5/13/2010)

Economic stimulus might end up stimulating foreign economies more than the domestic economy when the US is so dependent on imports.

Keywords: bullet train, Buy American, credit crunch, domestic content, expenditure multiplier, fiscal policy, recession, Stimulus, wind farm

Front Loading (5/12/2010)

Cash for clunkers and home-buyer tax credit provided huge subsidies for each incremental sale but failed to sustain the car and housing markets.

Keywords: cash for clunkers, channel stuffing, Economic stimulus, expenditure multiplier, front loading, home-buyer tax credit, incentive, incremental sale, pump priming, subprime loan, subsidies

Spending Multiplier (transcript) (11/18/2010)

Total expenditure could be a multiple of the injected stimulus if most of the additional income is spent.

Keywords: expenditure multiplier, flow, income multiplier, investment, leakage, marginal propensity of consume, marginal propensity to save, saving, stimulus, stock