Seigniorage payments for use of the dollar: 1977–1995

I compute alternative seigniorage estimates for the US and relate them to total tax receipts and GDP. The estimates indicate the proximate size of the prize coveted by emerging and transitional economies unable to provide their residents with stable national monies. Barroʹs (1982) conjecture that Federal Reserve payments to the Treasury as percentage of corporate tax receipts would remain at early 1980s levels is examined also.