Do increase in accounts payable increase or decrease cash flow?

Increase in Accounts Payable increases the cash flow because if we had paid accounts payable it will reduce our cash immediately but instead of paying cash we defferred the payment for future time and save the cash that's why it increases the cash flow.

Following are simple rules to determine effect on cash flow

increase in asset reduces the cash flow decrease in asset increase the cash flow

increase in liability increase the cash flow decrease in liability decrease the cash flow