1988 Jul 1 - 1988 Oct 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/2087
Economic Policy (Domestic monetary policy) (Part 19)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2016 Jul 21 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 383 |
| Any docs withheld? | 1 |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
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| 88 Aug 5 Fr | Major | Monetary Policy: Bearpark minute for Butler (Alan Walters's articles) [proposed Wicks letter] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Sep 9 Fr | Major | Monetary Policy: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("The Economy: current assessment") ["The economy is showing all the signs of a classic explosion of demanded generated by easy money and credit"; right to raise interest rates, but danger of overshooting] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Jul 1 Fr | Major | Monetary Policy: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("The state of the economy") ["increasing excess demand ... the real problem area is the balance of payments ... the real cause for concern is monetary policy"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Oct 21 Fr | Major | Monetary Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 (Guinness Mahon: Equiticorp shares sale to Tokai) ["would be the first Japanese acquisition of a British merchant bank"; decision not to block the bid] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Jul 1 Fr | Minor | Monetary Policy: Department of Trade & Industry minute to Lord Young ("Credit business in May") [press notice] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Jul 19 Tu | Major | Monetary Policy: Ingham minute for Gray ("Sir Alan Walters") [Walters said Evening Standard misquoted him; lively lobby; Perks told Walters to shut up] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Jul 27 We | Major | Monetary Policy: Lawson letter to Conservative MPs ("Chancellor's end-of-term letter") [continued strength of the economy] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Sep 14 We | Major | Monetary Policy: Lawson speech in Hornchurch (extract) ["The transformation of the Supply side"] [cover page declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Jul 28 Th | Major | Monetary Policy: Lord Young PS letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer PS ("October stock market fall") [Young decided to publish revised report, thinking it would leak anyway] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Aug 2 Tu | Major | Monetary Policy: No.10 airborne telegram to Cabinet Office (Treasury press release regarding foreign currency borrowing programme) [MT wishes to stress repayment component] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Oct 14 Fr | Major | Monetary Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Alan Walters") ["usual stocktaking discussion": interest rates/inflation; Market management; Lord Mayor's Banquet speech] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Sep 2 Fr | Major | Monetary Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Alan Walters: 5 September") ["press interest in the Lawson/Walters stories has died down"; Walters letter on a "Central Bank for Europe"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Jul 1 Fr | Major | Monetary Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("The markets") [MT meeting with Chancellor to discuss interest rates; case for pressing him an early increase of more than 0.5 per cent (MT ticked)] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Jul 18 Mo | Major | Monetary Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Interest rates") [Lawson wants 0.5 per cent increase today - MT agrees but would prefer 1 per cent as "more decisive"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Sep 30 Fr | Major | Monetary Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Lotteries") [MT approves Hurd proposals for regulations on 'multiple' lotteries & financial limits on single lotteries, but not keen on proposal for Green Paper on national lotteries] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Jul 21 Th | Key | Monetary Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Markets" - intervention of over $600m) [MT wants interest rate rise "very early next week"; "HIS [Lawson's] REPUTATION IS AT STAKE"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Jul 18 Mo | Major | Monetary Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Sir Alan Walters") [public comments feeding renewed media speculation of MT rift with Lawson; Walters agrees not to give further interviews; copies of articles] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Sep 2 Fr | Major | Monetary Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Today's Market Report") [Treasury action following No.10 request for intervention to check sterling weakness] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Sep 1 Th | Major | Monetary Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Today's Markets") [sterling weakened in afternoon; suggests (and MT agrees) further intervention tomorrow in London] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Sep 1 Th | Major | Monetary Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Today's Markets") [MT agrees further intervention tomorrow if sterling remains weak] [declassified Jul 2016] |