Economy: Alan Walters diary (unemployment) [Memo on unemployment package][released 2012]

Document type:	Declassified documents
Source:	Walters MSS (Churchill Archives Centre): WTRS3/1/2
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Importance ranking:	Major
Word count:	75
Themes:	Monetary policy, Trade unions

Wednesday 29th September 1982

PM back from China 7.00pm

Another 1/8th off interest rates

Talked to Peter M [Peter Middleton] - why do we not buy in £200m or £300m of 12 year gilts? - Would straighten out the yield curve - Already achieved Banking October’s funding target

The £1,250 mn 10&#189’% T 1988 sold like hot rock and was oversubscribed (£20 down etc)

Bloom for lunch - he started his own business as company doctor

Patrick Minford - we told him of FM [Ferdinand Mount] + AAW’s [Alan Walters] memo on Unemployment Package - reluctant to see the 70% cap raised to 90% - would mean a redn of unemployed of 260,000 instead of 875,000

But politically we could not make it stick.

Patrick wants MMC applied to Unions - in enabling legislation but MMC would need reorg