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Monetary Policy: Nigel Lawson letter to Lord Young ("Report on the Stock Market Fall") [no case for publication, would seem "a somewhat feeble and very belated response to October's events"] [declassified Jul 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/2086 f8
Editorial comments:

For interest a speech of the same date by the President of the BIS touching on the crash follows the Chancellor's letter. Read other documents selected from this file. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 7pp
Themes: Economic policy - theory and process, Monetary policy, Chancellor of the Exchequer’s minutes