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1989 Sep 5 - 1990 Apr 23
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2943
Economic Policy (Domestic monetary policy) (Part 21)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 441
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90 Mar 14 We Major Economic Policy: Howell Harris Hughes minute to Paul Gray ("Jack Committee on Banking Services Law and Practice Draft White Paper") [code of practice; ombudsman schemes; confidentiality law] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Nov 13 Mo Major Economic Policy: John Major minute to MT ("Balance of Payments Figures for 1989 Q3") [invisibles surplus better than feared] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 6 Fr Major Economic Policy: John Major minute to MT ("Outlook for RPI/TPI: March and April 1990") [rise in annual rate of inflation] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 4 We Major Economic Policy: John Wakeham minute to Norman Lamont ("BNFL: 1990 Pay Round") [opening offer; retrenchment and recruitment problems] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 5 Th Major Economic Policy: Ken Clarke minute to Norman Lamont (public sector pay) [becoming increasingly concerned at settlement levels] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Sep 13 We Major Economic Policy: Lawson PS minute to Paul Gray ("Article by Tim Congdon") [inflation and domestic demand] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Oct 2 Mo Major Economic Policy: Lawson PS minute to Paul Gray ("Balancing Items") [overseas accounts of major countries] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Oct 6 Fr Major Economic Policy: Lawson PS minute to Paul Gray ("Credit Controls in UK and Other Countries") [most industrial countries rely on interest rates as main instrument of monetary policy] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Mar 21 We Major Economic Policy: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Richard Ryder ("Jack Committee on Banking Services Law and Practice: Proposed Government Response") [satisfied draft reflects points of Scottish interest] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Oct 31 Tu Minor Economic Policy: Michael Scholar minute to Major PS ("An Independent Bank of England: Mr Lawson's Speech on 31 October") [line to take] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Oct 16 Mo Major Economic Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [financial markets; DM revaluation; ERM] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Oct 3 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [German interest rates; foreign exchange markets; UK exchange rates] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Oct 17 Tu Major Economic Policy: Paul Gray minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Market Report: 17 October, 1530 Our Time") [worries in the markets] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Nov 1 We Major Economic Policy: Paul Gray minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Today's Economic Debate") [fun-poking over Walters] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Oct 16 Mo Major Economic Policy: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Financial Markets: 1800 Hours Our Time") [latest position] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Feb 13 Tu Major Economic Policy: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Monthly Monetary Assessment") [uncomfortably high rate of monetary expansion] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Feb 14 We Major Economic Policy: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Mortgage Rates") [Abbey National rate rise] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Mar 15 Th Minor Economic Policy: Paul Gray minute to Ryder PS ("Jack Committee on Banking Services Law and Practice: Proposed Government Response") [publication of White Paper] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 11 We Major Economic Policy: Paul Gray minute to Waddington PS ("Mr. Ken Hargreaves MP's Ten Minute Rule Bill") [MT approves rejection of bill in line with policy against introduction of national lotteries] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Oct 13 Fr Major Economic Policy: Paul Gray note to MT (Economist article) [economy in trouble] [declassified Dec 2016]