Robert J. Barro estimated that government spending has a short-term multiplier of around 0.4-0.6, meaning for every $1.00 of government spending, overall GDP increases by $0.40-$0.60 GDP. In addition, the spending must be repaid in the future most likely with tax increases which he assumes to have a multiplier of -1.1. This results in a further
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