If the economicgrowthandmonetization were included in our model thetaxrateofseigniorage would be the sumof the contributionrate of growth, the rate of monetization and the nominalrate.
Legislation to increase the country's rateof consumption tax, enacted last August, states that the government must try to achieve nominal economic growth of about 3 per cent and real growth of about 2 per cent -- implying inflation of about 1 per cent -- before going ahead with the tax hikes.