Economy: Alan Walters diary [Governor anxious about confidence][released 2012]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
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| Source: | Walters MSS (Churchill Archives Centre): WTRS3/1/2 |
| Editorial comments: | Read other entries from this diary. View all Walters documents. The original diary can be studied here |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 73 |
| Themes: | Monetary policy |
Wednesday 1st September 1982
Seminar with Gvr, Chancellor, etc
PM anxious not to give credits to Mexico etc
Gvr anxious about confidence - and liquidity
Never upset the applecart by talking about dubious banks - 3 dubious ones in UK
Banco Ambrosiano’s commitments in Luxembourg
- should have been baled
- consolidated balance sheet issue with subsidiaries
Sparrow on unemployment