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PREM19/2948
Economic Policy (Prime Minister's bilaterals with the Chancellor of the Exchequer) (Part 3)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Secret
Page count: 195
Any docs withheld? 3

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90 Jan 16 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [pay review bodies; economic indicators; markets; Bank of England appointments/pay; pension fund assets; Chevening meeting] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Jul 3 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: Joining the Exchange Rate Mechanism") [latest Treasury forecast; entry into ERM] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Jul 12 Th Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [public expenditure round; reshuffle] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 23 Th Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Economic Indicators") [international background; UK monetary stance; demand; output; inflation; balance of payments] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 23 Th Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Chancellor, Monday 27 August") [entry into ERM; interest rates; economic indicators] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 31 Fr Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meetings on Economic Policy: 3 and 4 September") [when should interest rates be reduced and by how much, entry into ERM in next few weeks? rate of entry] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 3 Mo Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Chancellor") [interest rates; entry into ERM, including rate; the Gulf] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 11 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [release of key economic data; ECOFIN discussion on single currency; possible ERM entry dates] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 16 Su Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [public expenditure negotiations; Mansion House speech] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 19 Fr Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral Meeting with the Chancellor") [central forecast: exchange rate; wage settlements; oil prices; inflation forecast] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 30 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [public expenditure and Autumn Statement; next steps on EMU] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 13 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [financial markets; economic indicators] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 15 Th Major Economic Policy: Major PS minute to Barry Potter ("Prime Minister's Bilateral with the Chancellor") [Major corrects the record with regard to his view as to future exchange rate moves and interest rate cuts] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 18 Th Major Economic Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [public expenditure negotiations; social security budget; economic forecast; the Gulf; family policies on taxation and child benefit] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 22 Mo Major Economic Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [ERM entry; interest rate cut; public spending round] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 15 Th Major Economic Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [interest rates cut; economic slowdown] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Jun 12 Tu Major European Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [entry into ERM - Walters and Greenspan advise it is "a political necessity ... properly timed and managed, it can give economic benefits"] [declassified Jun 2018]
89 Nov 28 Tu Minor Economic Policy: No.10 note to MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [meeting not needed] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Jan 5 Fr Minor Economic Policy: No.10 note to MT ("Yorkshire Bank") [Yorkshire Bank shareholders keen to sell] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Jan 23 Tu Minor Economic Policy: No.10 note to MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 24 January") [stock-taking of the markets; not much to discuss] [declassified Jul 2017]