Economics A-Level
Leakages and injections
What Leakages and injections means in Economics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Leakages and injections
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Withdrawals through saving, taxes or imports drain income from the circular flow at each stage, while an initial injection enters the circular flow to begin successive rounds of spending.
Topics that use Leakages and injections
- Aggregate demand and the level of economic activity (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Aggregate demand
- Circular flow
- Circular flow of income
- Inflation
- Marginal propensity to consume (MPC)
- Multiplier effect
- Multiplier process
- Marginal propensity to consume
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