Economy: Alan Walters diary (interest rates) [fuss about Brittan's speech; need to pressure George to get interest rates down][released 2012]

Document type:	Declassified documents
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:	102
Themes:	Monetary policy

Thursday 23rd September 1982

Fuss about Leon Brittan’s speech on how do you finance welfare state - Guardian “threat” etc.

Private Secretaries - little or no news from Peking or yet Hongkong - PM to see Mrs Ghadi [sic Mrs Indira Gandhi] for breakfast on they way back

Peter M [Peter Middleton] - I agree that we should put pressure on Eddie [Eddie George] to get interest rates down again

- everything propitious - inflation at 6½ by end/yr. Stg at 91.7, etc. - we need it before the conference

Basil Mantzos Launch Party

Dinner with Hayek + WHS [Sir Walter Saloman]