These sorts of income streams will offset a portion of your expenses, and should be subtracted out before calculating your multiplier.

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Most estimates of the actual multiplier come out between 1.0 and 1.5, so maybe we are talking about less than a one percent decline from what GDP would otherwise have been.

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And she insisted that "things are not getting out of hand" in local government and that a multiplier was neither necessary or appropriate, because the sector was self-regulated and pay levels were set by local councils.

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Bastiat pointed out all the jobs that would be created in the candle and related industries, including multiplier effects, if this unfair competition were eliminated.

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