The immediate effect is not the same across the industry.
His death had no immediate effect on the course of events.
The immediate effect was to cut our box office in half.
His death had a more immediate effect that day, however.
Another change would have a more immediate effect on the current race.
And I am standing down as leader with immediate effect.
The action has no immediate effect on the cancer center's care.
But the immediate effect is said to be quite different.
They also need to have immediate effects that everyone can see.
One immediate effect would be very high food prices, for example.