Transaction Services, Inflation, and Welfare

Abstract

This paper is motivated by empirical observations on the comovements of currency velocity, inflation, and the relative size of the credit services sector.We document these comovements and incorporate into a monetary growth model a credit services sector that provides services that help people economize on money.Our model makes two new contributions.First, we show that direct evidence on the appropriately defined credit service sector for the United States is consistent with the welfare cost measured using an estimated money demand schedule.Second, we provide welfare cost of inflation estimates that have some new features.*The views expressed herein are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis or the Federal Reserve System.

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