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Economy: Cardona note (111th "Chancellor's Meeting") [inflow controls, monetary situation, PSBR, etc] [released 2011]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Churchill Archive Centre: Adam Ridley MSS, Prayers File 4, f5
Editorial comments: The long-running "Chancellor's Meeting" of ministers and special advisers was colloquially known as 'Prayers'. Its function was to discuss politically sensitive business. Officials were never present, but note the wide circulation within the Treasury.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 2pp
Themes: Economic policy - theory and process, Employment, Industry, Monetary policy, Privatized & state industries, Pay, Public spending & borrowing, Taxation