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1988 Nov 4 - 1989 Aug 21
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2630
Economic Policy (Domestic monetary policy) (Part 20)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 319
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88 Nov 4 Fr Minor Monetary Policy: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Economic Statistics Next Week") [relatively thin week for statistics - M0 figures moving in the right direction], but "a very long way to go" [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Nov 7 Mo Major Monetary Policy: Douglas Hurd minute to John Wakeham ("Increases in the Monetary Limits on Lotteries under the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976") [proposed changes and consultations] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Nov 7 Mo Major Monetary Policy: Carolyn Sinclair minute to MT ("Increases in the Monetary Limits on Lotteries under the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976") [Hurd's proposed changes] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Nov 10 Th Major Monetary Policy: Richard Luce minute to Douglas Hurd ("Increases in the Monetary Limits on Lotteries") [would have liked to see bigger stakes] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Nov 11 Fr Minor Monetary Policy: Nicholas Ridley minute to Douglas Hurd (Monetary Limits on Lotteries) [content with proposal] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Nov 11 Fr Minor Monetary Policy: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Douglas Hurd ("Increases in Monetary Limits on Lotteries under the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976") [content for the same increases to apply in Scotland] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Nov 11 Fr Major Monetary Policy: Nigel Wicks record of conversation (Wicks, Alan Walters) [Walters's contract; economic conditions; CGT; US economic policy] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Nov 11 Fr Major Monetary Policy: Inland Revenue minute ("Determination of Composite Rate for 1989/90") [proposed 1.5 per cent cut in tax on savings interest] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Nov 15 Tu Major Monetary Policy: Tom King minute to Douglas Hurd ("Increases in Monetary Limits on Lotteries under the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976") [no objection to proposal from a Northern Ireland standpoint] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Nov 25 Fr Key Monetary Policy: Lawson minute to MT ("An Independent Central Bank") [MT: "NO" - inflation not defeated] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Nov 25 Fr Major Monetary Policy: Nigel Wicks minute to MT ("An Independent Central Bank") ["the most radical proposal to come from the Treasury during your time in Government"] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Nov 28 Mo Major Monetary Policy: Sir Peter Middleton NIESR lecture ("Economic Policy Formulation in the Treasury in the Post-War Period") [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Nov 30 We Major Monetary Policy: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Meeting with Sir Alan Walters") [quite content with policy stance, article criticising sterilised intervention; Gordon Brown comments] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Dec 2 Fr Major Monetary Policy: John Wakeham minute to Douglas Hurd ("Increases in Monetary Limits on Lotteries under the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976") [ministers' views on consultations and limits] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Dec 6 Tu Key Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Lawson) [MT refuses to consider an independent Central Bank until inflation reduced to "a very low level" and kept there, perhaps in four years] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Dec 8 Th Major Monetary Policy: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("The Economy: Confusing Signals") [must reduce inflation to 3 per cent or less by 1990, take medicine now rather than delay; resist Lawson or Bank worries and let sterling rise to 3.35DM "before being worried about overkill"] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Dec 13 Tu Major Monetary Policy: Paul Gray minute to MT ("HM Treasury's Monthly Monetary Assessment") [contradictory evidence on consumer spending; housing market has slowed down, but not M0 on annual basis] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Jan 16 Mo Major Monetary Policy: Lawson PS minute to Paul Gray (Treasury weekly brief) [figures on earnings and taxation] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Jan 17 Tu Minor Monetary Policy: Lawson PS minute to Paul Gray (total tax burden) [reasons for rise in tax burden] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Feb 27 Mo Major Monetary Policy: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Position in the Markets") ["a rather rocky day"; Eddie George's views, given in confidence] [declassified Dec 2016]