Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [reflections on monetary reform][released 2012]

Document type:	Declassified documents
Source:	Walters MSS (Churchill Archives Centre): WTRS 3/1/1
Editorial comments:	Read other entries from this diary. View all Walters documents. The original diary can be studied here
Importance ranking:	Major
Word count:	60
Themes:	Parliament, Monetary policy, Public spending & borrowing

Friday 30th October 1981

PM working on speech opening Parliament - cannot see her at all next week.

Reflecting on monetary reform - I think I can persuade everyone to go on to an M1 or M0 target now. Burns and Middleton have moved - So has Patrick Minford and Pepper.

Discovered electricity bill of £400 for quarter.

Dinner with Chilean Ambassador. Eldon Griffiths.

Saturday 31st October 1981

Charpentier s Louise at Coliseum - very long and tedious - typical left wing opera.

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