How does inflation affect the multiplier?

Answer 1

More goods will be provided only at higher prices. Thus, as the multiplier chain progresses, pulling income and employment up, prices will rise, too. This development, as we know from earlier chapters, will reduce net exports and dampen consumer spending because rising prices erode the purchasing power of consumers' wealth. As a consequence, the multiplier chain will not proceed as far as it would have in the absence of inflation.