pump-priming
Government spending boost
Pump-priming is government spending intended to stimulate economic activity, especially during a downturn.
The metaphor comes from old hand pumps that needed water poured in before they could draw more up.
The idea is that initial investment gets money circulating: The infrastructure bill was classic pump-priming.
The term extends to any starter investment meant to generate larger returns.
What prompts a reaction
- KeynesianPro-intervention economic theory
- deficit spendingExpenditures funded by debt
- fiscal policyState spending and taxation
- government spendingState allocation of funds
recession · demand · injection · intervention · multiplier effect · New Deal · recovery · public works
Initial business financing
- startupNew business enterprise
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- bootstrapStart without external resources
initial investment · kickstart · catalyst · launch · incubator · angel investor · cash flow · working capital
stimulus
What prompts a reaction
- KeynesianPro-intervention economic theory
- deficit spendingExpenditures funded by debt
- fiscal policyState spending and taxation
government spending · recession · demand · injection · intervention · multiplier effect · New Deal · recovery · public works · countercyclical
seed money
Initial business financing
initial investment · bootstrap · kickstart · catalyst · launch · incubator · angel investor · cash flow · working capital · liquidity
well
Dug water source
pressure · manual · handle · plunger · cistern · irrigation · hydraulic · lever · cylinder · seal
pump-primingausterity
Enforced economic stringency
fiscal austerity · budget cuts · spending cuts · belt-tightening · retrenchment
pump-priminglaissez-faire
Noninterference in commerce
monetarism · supply-side economics · fiscal conservatism · non-intervention · trickle-down economics
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