When a nation prints money (rather than taxing directly) to finance its government spending, it results in inflation, and purchasing power of the private sector falls. This is known as:
A) benchmarking.
B) indirect taxation.
C) seigniorage.
D) creeping inflation.
Answer: C) seigniorage.
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