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Induced consumption is the part of consumption that changes with disposable income. It is when there is a change in disposable income “induces” (persuades or makes someone want to do something) a change in consumption on goods and services. In contrast, spending for autonomous consumption do not change with income. For example, spending on a consumable that is considered a normal good would be considered to be induced.

In the simple linear consumption function,

$C = a + b \times Y_{d}$

induced consumption is represented by the term $b \times Y_{d}$ , where $Y_{d}$ shows disposable income. $b$ is called the marginal propensity to consume.

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