1979 Sep 7 - 1979 Dec 20
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/34
Economic policy (Domestic monetary policy) (Part 2)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2009 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 245 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date |
Value |
Title |
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| 79 Sep 10 Mo | Major | Monetary policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“Gilt edged market”) [reason for issue of new tap stock] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Sep 12 We | Major | Monetary policy: Treasury minute to MT (“Domestic monetary prospect & bank borrowing”) [£M3 growing at 14 per cent annually] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Sep 13 Th | Major | Monetary policy: Note for the Record (MT meeting with Chancellor - record of conversation) [Bank lending & civil service cuts] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Sep 24 Mo | Major | Monetary policy: Note for the Record (MT lunch with Treasury ministers & Governor - record of conversation) [domestic monetary situation; exchange controls; sterling & EMS] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Oct 4 Th | Major | Monetary policy: Meeting extract PM/Chancellor (record of conversation) [exchange control & medium term monetary targets] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Nov 5 Mo | Major | Monetary policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“Monetary Prospect”) [October monetary figures “worse than disappointing”] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Nov 5 Mo | Major | Monetary policy: Note for the Record (MT meeting with Chancellor - record of conversation) [possible MLR increase] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Nov 7 We | Major | Monetary policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“Monetary Developments”) [“as bleak as when we talked on Monday”] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Nov 7 We | Major | Monetary policy: Lankester minute for MT (“Meeting with the Chancellor - Thursday 8 Nov at 9am”) [briefing] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Nov 8 Th | Major | Monetary policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor) [MLR increase debated, not agreed; urgent need to find new methods of controlling credit creation] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Nov 9 Fr | Major | Monetary policy: Adam Ridley minute for Chancellor (“Griffiths, Burns, Rose & Flemming”) [quiet talks to solicit their opinion] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Nov 9 Fr | Major | Monetary policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“Monetary Policy”) [direct controls over bank lending no alternative to MLR increase] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Nov 9 Fr | Major | Monetary policy: Lankester minute for PM (Ridley note on “Griffiths, Burns, Rose & Flemming”) [“There is a feeling that we are dithering”] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Nov 9 Fr | Major | Monetary policy: MT meeting with Chancellor, Treasury Ministers & Governor of the Bank (record of conversation) [2 point MLR increase agreed] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Nov 13 Tu | Major | Monetary policy: Note for the Record (MT meeting with John Sparrow - record of conversation) [City wondering about a ‘U turn’] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Nov 14 We | Major | Monetary policy: Armstrong brief for MT (“Financial Statement”) [begin work secretly on further spending cuts for 1980/81?] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Nov 14 We | Major | Monetary policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“Monetary Policy”) [need fiscal measures too (PRT); roll forward £M3 target] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Nov 14 We | Major | Monetary policy: MT meeting with Chancellor & other ministers, Governor of the Bank (record of conversation) [final package discussed] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Nov 22 Th | Major | Monetary policy: Lankester note of conversation with Chancellor (post mortem on gilt strike) [MT sceptical of Bank response to Pepper criticisms] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Dec 6 Th | Major | Monetary policy: MT meeting with Chancellor (record of conversation) [agreed need for Bank to work fast on MBC proposals] [declassified 2009] |