's hyperinflation and three high-inflation countries. Towards the peak of Weimar's hyperinflation the costs are estimated to have been … equal to nearly 20 per cent of income. For Israel, Mexico, and Argentina the costs had been materially lower, but still in …We explore the welfare costs of inflation originating from lack of liquidity satiation for Weimar Republic …

The paper presents the welfare cost of inflation in a banking time economy that models exchange credit through a bank … welfare cost of a 10% inflation rate instead of zero, for comparison to other estimates, as well as the cost of a 2% inflation … rate instead of a zero inflation rate. The zero rate is specified as the US inflation rate target in the 1978 Employment …

to money markets decrease the welfare cost of inflation substantially. …