Commentary

Archive (Bank of England)

Economic policy: Dow minute for Governor (Wass meeting) ["despairing worry at the developing recession and the growing unemployment ... kickback if civil servants started to try to tell Ministers about politics"] [declassified 2011]

Document type: Press
Source: Bank of England, 14 Jan 1981
Editorial comments: Formal minutes of the meeting follow Dow's informal account.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 1p
Themes: Executive, Employment, Monetary policy, Public spending & borrowing, Taxation