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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1199
Economic policy (Domestic monetary policy) (Part 11)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Secret
Page count: 414

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Date Value Title
84 Apr 4 We Major Monetary Policy: Alan Walters draft (material from "Britain's Economic Renaissance") [clearance sought for publication] [declassified 2014]
84 Apr 11 We Major Monetary Policy: Robin Butler to Peter Middleton (Alan Walters text) [assessment for publication] [declassified 2014]
84 May 4 Fr Major Monetary Policy: Redwood minute to Turnbull (talk with Eddie George) [future of gilt-edged market; funding; equity sales] [declassified 2014]
84 May 4 Fr Major Monetary Policy: Chancellor’s PS minute to MT (“Base Rates”) [upwards pressure - next week could be "rather difficult", Lawson wants MT to know] [declassified 2014]
84 May 8 Tu Major Monetary Policy: Robin Butler to Alan Walters (text from his book) [suggested deletions] [declassified 2014]
84 May 31 Th Major Monetary Policy: Treasury minute to No.10 (“Bank of England 1984 Report and Accounts”) [declassified 2014]
84 May 31 Th Major Monetary Policy: Redwood minute to MT (“Bad Debts and Banks”) [declassified 2014]
84 Jun 1 Fr Major Monetary Policy: Redwood minute (“May Days in the Gilt Market”) [three options] [declassified 2014]
84 Jun 11 Mo Major City: Redwood minute to MT ("Tilting at Castles") ["fairytale" on reform of the stock exchange] [declassified 2014]
84 Jun 13 We Major Monetary Policy: Treasury minute (“Financial Markets Report”) [May 1984] [declassified 2014]
84 Jun 19 Tu Major Monetary Policy: Redwood minute to Turnbull (“Funding Meeting”) [policy of holding nerve and not raising rates last month has paid off] [declassified 2014]
84 Jun 25 Mo Minor Monetary Policy: Treasury minute for Chancellor ("Base Rates") [banks increasing theirs] [declassified 2014]
84 Jul 3 Tu Minor Monetary Policy: Treasury minute ("PM's Questions: State of the Reserve") [additional briefing as requested] [declassified 2014]
84 Jul 6 Fr Major Monetary Policy: Chancellor's minute to MT (situation on financial markets: interest rates) ["very unsettled"; agrees with Governor rates must rise immediately to 10 percent] [declassified 2014]
84 Jul 9 Mo Major Monetary Policy: Turnbull note for the record (“Funding policy”) [follow-up to Walters minute 9 May] [declassified 2014]
84 Jul 9 Mo Major City: Tebbit letter to Lawson (“Financial Services: A New Policy”) [summary of policy objectives prior to meeting on 11 July] [declassified 2014]
84 Jul 10 Tu Major Monetary Policy: Chancellor's minute to MT (“VAT Recommendations of Keith Report”) [implementation of proposed measures] [declassified 2014]
84 Jul 11 We Major Monetary Policy: Redwood minute to MT (“Interest Rates”) [Bank of England stance undermining policy; urges spending cuts] [declassified 2014]
84 Jul 20 Fr Major Monetary Policy: Treasury paper (“Resisting a rise in interest rates”) [difficulty in exerting downward pressure on rates] [declassified 2014]
84 Jul 26 Th Major Monetary Policy: Treasury minute for Chancellor (“Greenwell's Bulletin: post mortem”) [Lomax paper on Pepper analysis of base rate rises] [declassified 2014]