economic ripple
Spreading monetary impact
An economic ripple is a secondary effect that spreads outward from an initial financial event, like ripples from a stone dropped in water.
A factory closure creates economic ripples through lost wages, reduced spending at local businesses, and declining property values.
The term emphasizes how economic impacts rarely stay contained: The tariffs sent economic ripples through global supply chains.
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
- dominoRectangular game piece
- knock-on effectSecondary consequence of action
- spilloverExcess that escapes
- shockwavePropagating pressure disturbance
aftermath · contagion · reverberations · downstream · second order · fallout · multiplier · chain reaction · tremor · impact · stimulus · recession · credit crunch · market · stock market · housing market · supply chain · unemployment
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