INDUCED GOVERNMENT PURCHASES: Government purchases that depend on income or production (especially national income or gross national product). An increase in national income triggers an increase in induced government purchases. Induced government purchases is graphically depicted as the slope of the government purchases line and is measured by the marginal propensity for government purchases. The induced relation between income and government purchases, as well as other induced expenditures, form the foundation of the multiplier effect triggered by changes in autonomous expenditures.

     See also | government purchases | national income | gross domestic income | slope | government purchases line | marginal propensity to invest | autonomous government purchases | induced expenditure | autonomous expenditure | multiplier | accelerator |

INDUCED GOVERNMENT PURCHASES, AmosWEB GLOSS*arama, http://www.AmosWEB.com, AmosWEB LLC, 2000-2026. [Accessed: January 21, 2026].

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