消しょう費ひ性せい向こう

noun

consumption propensity; propensity to consume

Economic term referring to the proportion of income spent on consumption rather than saved. Often used in contexts like 限界消費性向 (marginal propensity to consume) or 平均消費性向 (average propensity to consume).

• 消しょう費ひ性せい向こうが高たかい国くにでは、貯ちょ蓄ちく率りつが低ひくくなる傾けい向こうがある。

  In countries with a high propensity to consume, the savings rate tends to be low.

• 経けい済ざい学がくの授じゅ業ぎょうで限げん界かい消しょう費ひ性せい向こうについて学まなんだ。

  We learned about the marginal propensity to consume in economics class.