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 |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
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| 84 Sep 1 Sa | Major | US: Alan Walters article (“Dollars and Deficits”) [“One tries not to think about the deficit. It is just too distressing”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Nov 27 Tu | Major | US: Alan Walters minute to MT (“A banking crisis in the United States”) [“The balance sheets of US banks … are in a parlous state and cannot be quickly recapitalised”] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Feb 11 Fr | Major | US: Alan Walters minute to MT (“Martin Feldstein’s views on the US economy”) [“what we do not know is whether the recovery will persist”] [declassified 2014] |
| 82 Nov 24 We | Major | US: Alan Walters minute to MT (“United States economic policy”) [“predominant feeling… one of uncertainty, loss of confidence, confusion and flux”] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Apr 14 Th | Major | US: Alan Walters minute to MT (“United States economic policy”) [“There is some evidence that the Fed is reducing the very rapid rate of monetary growth that began in July 1982”] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Jun 24 Fr | Major | US: Alan Walters minute to MT (“United States economy”) [doubts strength of US recovery] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Nov 9 We | Major | US: Alan Walters minute to MT (“US economy and inflation in 1984”) [“by the end of 1984 the inflation rate will reach 6% and might even be as high as 9%”] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Feb 25 Fr | Major | US: Alan Walters minute to MT (“US economy: Chancellor’s memorandum 24 February”) [“the Fed’s policy has turned from being disinflationary to one that is markedly inflationary”] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 May 17 Tu | Major | US: Alan Walters minute to MT (“Williamsburg: The thematic paper (revised) 12 May 1983”) [exchange rates & intervention; a new Bretton Woods; aid/IMF] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jun 1 Fr | Major | US: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT (“US Proposals To Limit Tax Benefits on Company Cars”) [MT cannot raise the issue bilaterally with Reagan but is happy to sign a note] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 May 24 Th | Major | US: Chairman of BL PLC letter to MT (US car tax legislation) [“We are mobilising opinion among United States owners and dealers who support our position”] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Feb 24 Th | Major | US: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“The US economy”) [“Monetary policy appears to be in some disarray”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Feb 18 Mo | Major | US: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“US economic policy”) [“It is a time when painful decisions must be made”] [declassified 2014] |
| 82 Nov 10 We | Major | US: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to Cabinet (“Other countries fiscal policies”) [background note on European economies] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Oct 21 Fr | Major | US: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 (“Mr Kinnock and the US Budget Deficit”) [response to Kinnock’s suggestion “that we should emulate the US budget deficit in pursuit of growth”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jun 1 Fr | Major | US: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 (“US proposals to limit tax benefits on company cars”) [advises MT not write formally to Reagan but issue should be flagged with White House] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Jul 20 We | Major | US: Cockfield minute to MT (US economy) [“The implications for our own policy are profound”] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Sep 5 Mo | Major | US: John Moore PS letter to No.10 (Economic Secretary’s meetings in Washington) [US economic prospects] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 May 10 Th | Major | US: Littler minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“New York meeting of bankers”) [“Discussion focussed heavily on problems of management of the maturities and interest costs of commercial debt”] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Dec 7 We | Major | US: No.10 briefing for MT (“Visit of Treasury Secretary Regan”) [US economy, international debt, unitary taxation] [declassified 2014] |