1982 Oct 12 - 1985 Feb 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1654
USA (Economic situation in the United States) (Part 2)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 411 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Showing items 61 - 80 of 86
| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 84 Oct 1 Mo | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 29 to FCO (“United States monthly economic report for September”) [real GNP, consumer spending up; interest rates down; dollar surged] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Oct 20 Th | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 3036 to FCO (0139Z) (“President Reagan’s press conference: the US economy”) [Reagan said that “1000 days into his administration a strong recovery was under way”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jan 26 Th | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 306 to FCO (2347Z) (“State of the Union address: President Reagan and the US budget deficit”) [“he does not wish to make hard economic choices in an election year”] [declassified 2014] |
| 82 Oct 12 Tu | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 3320 to FCO (2300Z) (“A shift in US monetary policy?”) [“opinion is divided on the importance of the change for the medium term”] [declassified 2014] |
| 82 Oct 12 Tu | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 3321 to FCO (2300Z) (“U.S. monetary policy”) [“the small reduction in the discount rate … represents no change in the basic thrust of policy”] [declassified 2014] |
| 82 Oct 14 Th | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 3347 to FCO (2310Z) (“President Reagan’s speech to the nation: the US economy”) [“America… recovery-bound and the world knows it”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jan 31 Tu | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 352 to FCO (2358Z) (“The United States FY85 Budget”) [growth strong, major tax reforms unlikely] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Feb 3 Su | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 360 to FCO (0205Z) (“The United States FY86 Budget”) [“contains few surprises”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Dec 5 We | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 3625 to FCO (2347Z) (“Shultz at Chevening: US trade policy”) [“The US external account has continued to deteriorate”] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Dec 5 Mo | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 3660 to FCO (2254Z) (“U.S. economy: latest developments”) [“the U.S. economy is undergoing a rapid expansion”] [declassified 2014] |
| 82 Nov 23 Tu | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 3790 to FCO (1645Z) (“Prospects for US economic policy”) [unemployment to be the focus of the upcoming lame duck congressional session] [declassified 2014] |
| 82 Dec 23 Th | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 4039 to FCO (2350Z) (“Congress: the lame duck session”) [passed resolution on government funding] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Feb 11 Mo | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 463 to FCO (2352Z) (“US FY86 Budget: latest developments”) [Reagan’s “proposals are in for a rough ride and will be substantially altered by the Congress”] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Feb 28 Mo | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 484 to FCO (2050Z) (“US economy”) [“A gradual US economic recovery appears now to be underway”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Feb 14 Th | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 511 to FCO (0626Z) (“Prime Minister’s visit - economic aspects”) [“there is no sense in the administration’s top echelons of emerging crisis or need for urgent action”] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Mar 3 Th | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 512 to FCO (2330Z) (“US economy: short-term prospects”) [“the administration will revise upwards its economic forecasts for 1983”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Feb 19 Tu | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 564 to FCO (0410Z) (“The Dollar”) [Treasury Secretary disquiet at recent rise in the Dollar] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Feb 20 We | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 598 to FCO (2340Z) (“US monetary policy”) [end to progressive easing of monetary policy] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Feb 23 Th | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 614 to FCO (0436Z) (“President’s press conference: economic issues”) [“it was ironic that those who had demanded negotiations were now proving reluctant to enter them”] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Mar 14 Mo | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 620 to FCO (1920Z) (“U.S. economy: views of private forecasters”) [“have become more optimistic during the past month”] [declassified 2014] |