1988 Nov 4 - 1989 Aug 21
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/2630
Economic Policy (Domestic monetary policy) (Part 20)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2016 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 319 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 41 - 56 of 56
| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 89 Jun 30 Fr | Major | Monetary Policy: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Meeting with Chancellor and Treasury Officials: Wednesday 5 July") ["where did we go wrong over the last 2-3 years with inflation?"] [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] |
| 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] |
| 89 Mar 31 Fr | Major | Monetary Policy: Paul Gray minute to MT ("The Markets and the Latest Economic Figures") [sterling better than feared in light of Wednesday's trade figures; markets waiting for G7 meeting; upcoming economic statistics] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Jun 20 Tu | Major | Monetary Policy: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Today's Market Report") [Bank intervened to hold sterling down, without reference to Treasury] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 May 30 Tu | Major | Monetary Policy: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Today's Markets") [strength of dollar and DM] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Apr 20 Th | Major | Monetary Policy: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Tomorrow's Economic Figures") [consumer spending figures suggest "some degree of slow down"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Jun 12 Mo | Major | Monetary Policy: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Treasury Paper on the Causes of the Present Inflation") [paper now delivered, too late to be used at PMQs; best wait till discussed with Lawson] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 May 24 We | Major | Monetary Policy: Paul Gray note to MT ("Chancellor's Radio Interviews") [Lawson: sterling under pressure, notably from strong dollar, forcing interest rate increase] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Mar 15 We | Minor | Monetary Policy: Paul Gray note to MT (meeting with Walters) [briefing; meeting cancelled] [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 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 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] |
| 89 Jun 29 Th | Major | Monetary Policy: Treasury minute ("Treasury Economic Forecast") [economic growth, monetary policy, inflation] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Mar 21 Tu | Minor | Monetary Policy: Treasury minute for Chancellor ("Provisional Money Figures - February 1989") [little significance should be read into declining NIBM1] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Aug 17 Th | Major | Monetary Policy: Treasury minute for Chancellor ("Provisional Money Figures - July 1989") [first figures since Abbey National converted to a bank] [declassified Dec 2016] |