The marginal propensity to consume (MPC), or the ratio of the change in aggregate consumption compared to the change in aggregate income, is a key component of Keynesian macroeconomic theory.

We can’t ensure that tax relief triggers the spending boom our economy needs, given middle-class saving instincts. But its ...

Higher-income households usually have lower marginal propensity to consume — that is, the the proportion of additional income the household is likely to spend rather than save — relative to ...

Higher-income households usually have lower marginal propensity to consume — that is, the the proportion of additional income the household is likely to spend rather than save — relative to ...

Studies suggest that rural residents, as China's lowest-income group, have a higher propensity to consume. If 1 trillion yuan were allocated to them, their marginal propensity to consume is ...

RHB Research said the adoption of a targeted subsidy-rationalisation approach will put more money into the pockets of the lower-income earners, who have a higher marginal propensity to consume.

If consumers save 20% of new income and spend 80% of new income, then their marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is 0.8. Using an MPC multiplier, the equation would be: Economists and bankers ...

The indefatigable American consumer has managed to regularly surprise economic doomsayers in recent years. Real personal consumption expenditure has remained strong and steady during much of the ...

Joshua Hausman ’05, associate professor of economics and public policy at the University of Michigan, delivered a talk on how the ...