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This paper presents a framework that can help reconcile conflicting finding
s in the growth-inflation literature. Here, the behavior of financial inter
mediaries plays a crucial role in the determination of the economy's inflat
ion and real growth rates. Absent any restrictions on financial intermediat
ion, there will be a unique equilibrium when agents are fairly risk averse.
In this case, an increase in seigniorage-financed government spending will
always be inflationary and detrimental to growth. When agents exhibit a lo
w degree of risk aversion, multiple equilibria emerge and a positive relati
on between inflation and growth a la Tobin can be observed.