Learn how the fiscal multiplier impacts GDP, understand its formula, and see real-world examples of fiscal policies affecting ...

Learn how changes in fiscal policy, like government spending or tax rates, can multiply economic growth by increasing GDP and ...

The state has increased by 1.8 percent a number used in computing Cook County property-tax bills. But the higher multiplier, which usually is bad news for taxpayers but good news for cash-strapped ...

A key issue facing the new Obama administration is to what extent the economic stimulus should take the form of spending increases versus tax reduction. One way to think about the issue is the size of ...

CHARLESTON — State officials have made about a 3.5-percent adjustment in Coles County’s property values for this year’s tax bills. The Illinois Department of Revenue issued a final assessment ...

Adams County has been issued a final property tax equalization factor of 1.0000 for the 2025 tax year, which will impact tax ...

The final multiplier–that number used by government to achieve uniform property assessments statewide–declined for the third straight year in Cook County, it was announced Monday by J. Thomas Johnson, ...

The SVAR and narrative approaches to estimating tax multipliers deliver significantly different results. The former yields multipliers of about 1 and the latter of about 3. The two approaches differ ...

GREG MANKIW is getting nervous thinking about all that infrastructure spending. He's down with stimulus, but like all good conservatives, he recognises that tax reductions are preferable to spending ...

Government spending has a more significant impact on the economy than tax changes due to the spending multiplier effect. "Trickle-down economics" does not work. Tax cuts primarily benefit the wealthy.

Most rural areas in Sangamon County will see township multipliers of less than 1.0 this year. Generally, that means those people will receive slightly lower tax bills on their non-farm property.

SULLIVAN -- Moultrie County received a property tax "multiplier" from the state that won't change the tax bills property owners receive this year. The Illinois Department of Revenue issued the county ...