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 |
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Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
Release date: | 2009 Dec 30 |
Classification: | Secret |
Page count: | 245 |
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Date | Value | Title |
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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 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 15 Th | Minor | Monetary policy: Brief for Prime Minister’s Questions (financial package) [declassified 2009] |
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 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 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 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 5 Mo | Major | Monetary policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“Monetary Prospect”) [October monetary figures “worse than disappointing”] [declassified 2009] |
79 Dec 10 Mo | Major | Monetary policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“Monetary Situation”) [November figures better] [declassified 2009] |
79 Nov 19 Mo | Major | Monetary policy: Greenwell Monetary Bulletin (Gordon Pepper speech to Society of Investment Analysts) [critical of Bank handling of gilt market] |
79 Nov 8 Th | Minor | Monetary policy: Lankester minute for MT (arrangements for meeting tomorrow) [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 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 Sep 7 Fr | Minor | Monetary policy: Lankester minute to MT (“New Gilts Issue”) [new medium and long stock] [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 Oct 4 Th | Major | Monetary policy: Meeting extract PM/Chancellor (record of conversation) [exchange control & medium term monetary targets] [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 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] |
79 Dec 20 Th | Major | Monetary policy: MT meeting with Chancellor (record of conversation) [EC budget; Treasury appts; budget date; monetary policy review] [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] |