术语“铸币税”的详细信息

英译术语:

seigniorage

汉语语境:

铸币税不是一种税，而是指铸造货币所获得的收入；发行货币是铸币税的源泉，铸币税是中央银行发行货币的结果；现代经济制度下，铸币税是指中央银行的货币发行所获得的利润。铸币税即政府发行货币所取得的收入，一般可理解为货币发行成本和货币面值间的差额。在通货膨胀情况下，货币的实际购买力下降，政府的实际铸币税收入小于其名义铸币税收入。

英语语境:

Seigniorage is not a kind of tax but an income from casting coins. Issuing currency is the source of seigniorage and seigniorage is the outcome of issuing money by the Central Bank. Under the modern economic system, seigniorage refers to the profit gained from the Central Bank's money issuing. Seigniorage is the income from the government's issuing money. Generally, it can be accepted that the seigniorage is the balance of the issue cost and the face value of money. Under inflation, as the real purchasing power of money declines, the government's real seigniorage revenue is less than its nominal revenue.