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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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83 Dec 21 Wed US: No.10 note to MT (Peter Tapsell letter handed to John Coles) [US deficit] [declassified 2014]
85 Feb 18 Mon US: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“US economic policy”) [“It is a time when painful decisions must be made”] [declassified 2014]
83 Jan 13 Thu US: UKE Washington telegram 86 to FCO (2352Z) (“Reagan administration: the budget”) [“the state of the economy is dictating policy rather than the other way around”] [declassified 2014]
83 Jan 31 Mon US: UKE Washington telegram 243 to FCO (0600Z) (“United States: Budget for FY84”) [“forecast is for some recovery in the first half of 1983 with greater momentum gathering in the second half”] [declassified 2014]
83 Jan 31 Mon US: UKE Washington telegram 246 to FCO (2300Z) (“US economy: background briefing on the budget and the economic report of the President”) [“the administration’s short-term forecast was intended to be realistic and was not simply a goal”] [declassified 2014]
83 Feb 2 Wed US: UKE Washington telegram 268 to FCO (2325Z) (“Initial reactions to President Reagan’s FY84 budget proposals”) [“doubts as to whether the proposals for reducing the deficit reflect any major change in the administration’s priorities”] [declassified 2014]
84 Jan 31 Tue US: UKE Washington telegram 352 to FCO (2358Z) (“The United States FY85 Budget”) [growth strong, major tax reforms unlikely] [declassified 2014]
85 Feb 3 Sun US: UKE Washington telegram 360 to FCO (0205Z) (“The United States FY86 Budget”) [“contains few surprises”] [declassified 2014]
85 Feb 11 Mon 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 Apr 13 Wed US: UKE Washington telegram 969 to FCO (1715Z) (“US budget deficit”) [deficits for 1983-84 will be higher than forecast; deficits for 1985-88 will be lower than forecast] [declassified 2014]
84 Mar 17 Sat US: UKE Washington telegram 923 to FCO (0115Z) (“US budget deficit: Presidents proposals”) [the package “has returned the political initiative to the administration”] [declassified 2014]
84 Apr 25 Wed US: UKE Washington telegram 11 to FCO (“Outlook for the US budget deficit: Chief Secretary’s visit to Washington”) [consensus that deficit reduction package will pass Congress but deficit still likely post-November elections] [declassified 2014]
84 Sep 17 Mon US: UKE Washington telegram 2750 to FCO (1637Z) (“US economy: prospects for deficit reduction and tax reform”) [further deficit reduction next year unlikely, prospects for fundamental tax reform highly problematical] [declassified 2014]
85 Jan 10 Thu US: UKE Washington telegram 88 to FCO (2310Z) (“US budget deficit: latest developments”) [administration faces “the prospect of presenting a budget dead on arrival in Congress”] [declassified 2014]
82 Oct 12 Tue 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 12 Tue 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]
83 Apr 13 Wed US: UKE Washington telegram 970 to FCO (1720Z) (“US monetary policy”) [Volcker appearance before banking committee] [declassified 2014]
84 Jul 26 Thu US: UKE Washington telegram 2271 to FCO (0125Z) (“US monetary policy”) [Volcker warning of slower growth, call for deficit reduction, relationship between deficits and interest rates] [declassified 2014]
85 Feb 20 Wed US: UKE Washington telegram 598 to FCO (2340Z) (“US monetary policy”) [end to progressive easing of monetary policy] [declassified 2014]
82 Oct 14 Thu 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]