This gain, called seigniorage, is an implicit tax on the people's cash balances. From Wordnik.com. [Inflation Doesn't Pay The Government Like It Used To] Reference
(Extracting profits from the manufacturing of money is called seigniorage, after seigneur -- "lord" in French.). From Wordnik.com. [The New Coin Of The Realm] Reference
Dollarized Latins would lose control over their own interest rates and be hit with hefty bills known as seigniorage, a kind of fee countries pay for using someone else's money. From Wordnik.com. [Dollars And Discontent] Reference
However in September 1988, amidst excessive printing of the currency by the government to fund expenditures (a practice known as seigniorage) monthly inflation soared to 132\%. From Wordnik.com. [Safehaven] Reference
A whole area of economics deals with this concept of "seigniorage", discussing how much wealth a government can appropriate by printing money without disaster striking. From Wordnik.com. [NRO babble, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
12 Recapturing "seigniorage," the government's right to control the money supply, could enable a dramatic reduction in taxes. From Wordnik.com. [Energy Bulletin -] Reference
Could you explain the seigniorage line at the end?. From Wordnik.com. [The Economics of Illegal Drugs, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Thanks to seigniorage, he says, the ECB is "super solvent.". From Wordnik.com. [How Gangsters Are Saving Euro Zone] Reference
I think the Fed's seigniorage is the wrong metric to balance both options. From Wordnik.com. [Hummel Predicts U.S. Government Default, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Mr. Buiter estimates future seigniorage profits for the central bank between. From Wordnik.com. [How Gangsters Are Saving Euro Zone] Reference
The ECB's gains from seigniorage are becoming increasingly important this year. From Wordnik.com. [How Gangsters Are Saving Euro Zone] Reference
Of the two, seigniorage has become the least lucrative in the post-World War II period. From Wordnik.com. [Inflation Doesn't Pay The Government Like It Used To] Reference
Dollar seigniorage means that the United States can spend far more than it actually earns abroad. From Wordnik.com. [Imperial America?] Reference
I know what seigniorage is printing money to pay for things but I can't decipher how it applies here. From Wordnik.com. [The Economics of Illegal Drugs, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
This includes looking for possible losses, seigniorage, political conflicts and costs to the Treasury. From Wordnik.com. [Dodd Bill Would Allow Fed To Hide Its Spending] Reference
Remember the seigniorage that the government receives from the printing of banknotes by the Bank of England?. From Wordnik.com. [LPUK Policy: Monetary Reform] Reference
All income from seigniorage will end up in the public purse, to provide funds for necessary government activities. From Wordnik.com. [LPUK Policy: Monetary Reform] Reference
Most of the benefits for government finance from an expansion of the Fed's balance sheet are indirect - i.e. not seigniorage. From Wordnik.com. [Hummel Predicts U.S. Government Default, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
The cross country variation declined by about 50% for seigniorage, about 30% for tariff, and about 15% for the "hard to collect" taxes. From Wordnik.com. [January 2006] Reference
If insufficient funds have been brought in through seigniorage and taxation to meet the government's spending commitments, it sells bonds. From Wordnik.com. [LPUK Policy: Monetary Reform] Reference
Since finding out that for at least part of last year, the nickel had negative seigniorage I have decided to give up and go back to barter. From Wordnik.com. [Was Alan Greenspan a Libertarian?] Reference
A tax on bank accounts is just like seigniorage--the main difference being that the treasury, instead of the central bank, collects the tax. From Wordnik.com. [The Economics of Illegal Drugs, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Moreover, it has used its seigniorage gains to deploy troops and military equipment around the world, a move that has created much resentment. From Wordnik.com. [Nothing in Sight to Replace the US DOLLAR as an International Reserve Currency] Reference
Question the right of computer SimMayberry to mint their own coin and engage in questionable seigniorage...no that apparently brings out the whackos. From Wordnik.com. [SL Economy Misunderstood Again] Reference
Its motive, according to Rothbard, is seigniorage. From Wordnik.com. [EconLog] Reference
I believe further seigniorage is a very bad option. From Wordnik.com. [US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha] Reference
Who earns the seigniorage on the newly created demand deposits?. From Wordnik.com. [PLIGG_Visual_Name - PLIGG_Visual_RSS_All] Reference
In addition its money supply will be created with printed money (seigniorage). From Wordnik.com. [LBO-Lanka Business Online] Reference
Economists call confiscating private monetary wealth via inflation "seigniorage.". From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
With the war efforts financed through debt and seigniorage, deficits are at record levels. From Wordnik.com. [US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha] Reference
The U.S. Mint must be open to the unlimited coinage of gold and silver free of seigniorage charges. From Wordnik.com. [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference
Hale endeavors to explain the discrepancies in the valuation of the shilling by the allowance for seigniorage. From Wordnik.com. [Currency and Banking in the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay [excerpts]] Reference
It is difficult to say just what happens to seigniorage on demand deposits, but clearly that on fiat currency goes to the government. From Wordnik.com. [PLIGG_Visual_Name - PLIGG_Visual_RSS_All] Reference
It kept interest rates far below inflation, expanding money supply rapidly and raising 50\% of government spending through seigniorage. From Wordnik.com. [US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha] Reference
(With commodity money seigniorage is zero because commodity value equals monetary value-except when the mint purposely debased gold coins). From Wordnik.com. [PLIGG_Visual_Name - PLIGG_Visual_RSS_All] Reference
Even the exportation of small change may become a profitable speculation as soon as the amount of depreciation of paper money exceeds the seigniorage. From Wordnik.com. [System der volkswirthschaft. English] Reference
The US wanted to set up a system of dollar pegs and earn the seigniorage in the same way that the Bank of England was earning through its 'Sterling area' currency boards. From Wordnik.com. [LBO-Lanka Business Online]
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