One of the most direct ways in which economic changes affect business is the impact of changing incomes on expenditure. Most people’s income consist in the main of the wage or salary they receive in return for their work. When wages fall or employees lose their jobs this leads to a fall in income. Common sense tells us that the knock-on-effect will be a reduction in consumer spending (although initially people will try to maintain their existing standard of living and hence their spending levels)
What is consumer spending?
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How does consumer spending effect economics?
When the government buys a product or goods from a company, that purchase has repercussions. The immediate impact of the higher demand from the government is to raise employment and profits at that company. Then, as the workers see higher earning s and the firm owners see higher profits, they respond to this increase in income by raising their own spending on consumer goods. As a result http://www.officialdevilsproshop.com/Devils-Travis-Zajac-Adidas-Jersey/ , the government purchase from the company, raises the demand for the products of many other firms in the economy. Because each proud spent by the government can raise the aggregate demand for goods and services by more than a pound, government purchases are said to have a multiplier effect on aggregate demand.
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