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1986 Oct 1 - 1987 Jun 23
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2084
Economic Policy (Domestic monetary policy) (Part 16)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Jul 21
Classification: Secret
Page count: 293
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86 Nov 13 Th Minor Monetary Policy: Rifkind PS minute to Stewart PS ("Review of Law Affecting Banking Services") [membership of review team] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Nov 13 Th Minor Monetary Policy: Morgan Stanley press release ("An Opportunity in Gilts") [UK bond market looks attractive] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Nov 14 Fr Minor Monetary Policy: Gordon Borrie minute to Stewart PS ("Review of Law Affecting Banking Services") [pleased at proposed liaison group] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Nov 17 Mo Minor Monetary Policy: Griffiths note to MT (surprising Patrick Minford article) ["Has Lawson made a U-turn?"] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Nov 26 We Major Monetary Policy: David Norgrove minute to Lawson PS ("Briefing on Monetary Policy and the Exchange Rate") [MT agreed Lawson suggestion of updated line to take on interest rates and exchange rate; No.10 draft] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Dec 5 Fr Major Monetary Policy: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Monetary Policy") [Lawson "dislikes the feeling that you have other channels of advice which may put arguments against what he wants"] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Dec 9 Tu Major Monetary Policy: Lawson PS minute to David Norgrove ("Interest Rates") [joint paper by Treasury and Bank of England] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Dec 9 Tu Major Monetary Policy: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Monetary Policy and Interest Rates") [interest rate rise needed now, but so also is tight PSBR in budget] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Dec 10 We Major Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Lawson-Leigh Pemberton-Middleton-Burns-George-Griffiths) [monetary conditions a little too lax; base rates] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Dec 12 Fr Major Monetary Policy: Lawson PS minute to David Norgrove ("Interest Rates") [Lawson rejects MT idea that PSBR set too high in budget] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Dec 15 Mo Minor Monetary Policy: Lawson PS note to David Norgrove (Gordon Pepper talk) [Lawson's credibility; monetary policy] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Dec 18 Th Major Monetary Policy: Nigel Lawson minute to Paul Channon ("1986-7 Pay") [handling of pay issues] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Dec 19 Fr Minor Monetary Policy: Hartley Booth minute to MT ("The White Economy") [income of charities and voluntary bodies - MT: "a pretty phoney figure"] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Dec 23 Tu Major Monetary Policy: Stewart PS minute to David Norgrove ("Review of Banking Services Law") [proposed membership of the review body] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Jan 2 Fr Minor Monetary Policy: Mark Addison minute to Stewart PS (Review of Banking Services Law) [membership of the review] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Jan 2 Fr Major Monetary Policy: Central Statistical Office paper ("Monthly Monetary Assessment: December 1986") [evidence of monetary conditions] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Jan 5 Mo Minor Monetary Policy: Lord Hailsham minute to Ian Stewart ("Review of Banking Services Law") [membership of the review] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Jan 7 We Major Monetary Policy: Young PS minute to David Norgrove ("Outlook for RPI") [Department of Employment note] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Jan 8 Th Major Monetary Policy: David Norgorve minute to MT ("Foreign Exchange Reserves") [MT note: "As we are not a member of the ERM I hope we could resist" Belgian request] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Jan 9 Fr Major Monetary Policy: David Norgorve minute to Lawson PS ("The Reserves") [MT hopes to resist requests from EMS members] [declassified Jul 2016]