pump-prime
Kickstart through spending
Pump-prime means to stimulate economic activity through government spending or investment.
The image comes from old hand pumps that needed water poured in before they could draw more up.
In economics, pump-priming injects money into a sluggish economy to get it flowing: The stimulus package was designed to pump-prime the recovery.
The term extends to any initial investment meant to generate larger returns: We pump-primed the project with seed funding.
What prompts a reaction
- spendingOutlaying of funds
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- deficitAmount still owed
- KeynesianPro-intervention economic theory
injection · fiscal · recovery · demand · liquidity · multiplier · intervention · boost
stimulus
What prompts a reaction
- spendingOutlaying of funds
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- deficitAmount still owed
Keynesian · injection · fiscal · recovery · demand · liquidity · multiplier · intervention · boost · jumpstart
suction
Pulling via pressure difference
valve · irrigation · siphon · fuel · carburetor · hydraulic · diesel · engine · fluid · vacuum