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Example: The Multiplier Effect as an Infinite Geometric Series
A government gives a $1,000 tax rebate to each household. Statistics indicate that each recipient will spend 80% of the money on goods and services, and each subsequent recipient of that spending will also spend 80% of what they receive. What is the total effect of the rebate on the economy?
Each round of spending forms a geometric pattern:
This is an infinite geometric series with and . Because , the series converges and its sum can be computed:
The total economic impact of the $1,000 rebate is $5,000 per household. This result — known as the multiplier effect — shows that when each recipient re-spends a fixed percentage of what they receive, the cumulative impact on the economy is a multiple of the original amount. The infinite geometric series formula provides a concise way to calculate that total.
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