seigniorage

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Should the US give in to the temptation of dollar seigniorage, as it has done in the past, loosening money to feed debt bubbles, investors are well advised to diversify their currency positions to hedge against dollar risk.

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  1. noun Revenue or a profit taken from the minting of coins, usually the difference between the value of the bullion used and the face value of the coin.

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  • 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\%. —  Safehaven
  • In addition its money supply will be created with printed money (seigniorage). —  LBO-Lanka Business Online
  • Clearly some innovative ideas are needed, one of which could be the use of seigniorage in global finance for funding the truly global public good of managing climate change. —  Green Options
  • It kept interest rates far below inflation, expanding money supply rapidly and raising 50\% of government spending through seigniorage —  US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha
  • The really chilling parallel is that the United States, Britain and Japan have now taken to funding their budget deficits through seigniorage. —  US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha
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  1. Middle English seigneurage, from Old French, from seignor, seignior; see seignior.

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  1. from Old French *seignorage, from Middle Latin senioraticum, lordship, domination, from senior, lord: see seignior.
 

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