| Description | All speeches given by the Governor, unless otherwise stated.
Includes: speech entitled 'Working longer, an economic imperative?' given by the Deputy Governor at the Employers Forum on Age annual conference 3 Jun 1997; speech given by the Deputy Governor at the Futures and Options Association's International Derivatives Conference 4 Jun 1997; speech entitled 'The future of the payment system - reality and visions for Europe' given by the Deputy Governor at a Bundesbank seminar in Frankfurt, Germany 6 Jun 1997; speech (includes draft) given at a dinner with the Lord Mayor for the Bankers and Merchants of the City of London at the Mansion House, reference is made to the independence given to the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee for setting interest rates (this is also the occasion of the first Mansion House speech delivered by the new Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown after the Labour Party election victory 1 May 1997) 12 Jun 1997; speech delivered at the Central Bank Governors' symposium 6 Jun 1997; speech given by the Deputy Governor at the CIPFA (Chartered Institute of Public Finance Accountants) annual conference in Harrogate 12 Jun 1997; speech given by the Deputy Governor at a SOLACE (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers?) conference dinner 19 Jun 1997; speech entitled 'Monetary policy in Britain and Europe' regarding changes to monetary policy framework in the UK given at the 16th Mais lecture 24 Jun 1997; speech given to Friends of South Africa dinner 10 Jul 1997; speech given by the Deputy Governor at the International Pensions Conference in Bath 14 Jul 1997; speech given to the Chartered Institute of Bankers 50th International Banking Summer School 18 Jul 1997; draft speech delivered on the occasion of the presentation of a ship's bell by the Port of London Authority and accepted by the Governor of the Bank of England on behalf of the John Grooms Association, includes briefing notes on the history and work of John Grooms Association 11 Aug 1997; speech given at dinner to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Woolwich building society 11 Sep 1997; remarks given at the Economic Symposium of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Jackson Hole, USA 30 Aug 1997; speech given at the European Federation of Investment Funds and Companies dinner 1 Oct 1997; speech (includes handwritten draft) entitled 'The new Bank of England' given at the Group of 30 International Banking seminar in Hong Kong IMF (International Monetary Fund) 22 Sep 1997; speech given at the European Federation of Investment Funds and Companies dinner 1 Oct 1997; speech given at sailing club annual dinner attended by guests of honour Mike Golding and Andrea Bacon 15 Oct 1997; lecture entitled 'The changing roles of banks in international capital flows' given by Mervyn King at the NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) International capital flows conference in Woodstock, Vermont 17 Oct 1997; transcript of question and answer session with the Foreign Press Association, chairman: Barbara Kohlmeyer, Futures World News, 20 Oct 1997; speech given at the bi-annual dinner of the Hundred Group of Finance Directors 23 Oct 1997; speech entitled 'Prospects for the City - In or out of EMU [Economic and Monetary Union]' given at the RIIA (Royal Institute for International Affairs?) conference 24 Oct 1997; speech given by the Deputy Governor David Clementi regarding British Invisibles, Lisbon, Portugal 28 Oct 1997; lecture entitled 'The inflation target five years on' given by Mervyn King at the London School of Economics to mark the 10th anniversary of the LSE Financial Markets Group 29 Oct 1997; speech given at LIFFE (London International Financial Future Exchange) conference in Frankfurt, Germany 3 Nov 1997; speech entitled 'The political economy of EMU' given by Mervyn King at the first European Investment Bank lecture at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy 17 Nov 1997; speech entitled 'Managing price stability if EMU' given by Mervyn King Chief Economist and Executive Director of the Bank of England to the Financial Times European and Economic Monetary Union conference 20 Nov 1997; speech (includes draft) given at the 25th ABSAL (American Bankers Association of London) annual dinner 20 Nov 1997; opening remarks (includes draft) given at the European Parliament Monetary Policy Sub-Committee meeting in Brussels, Belgium 24 Nov 1997; speech given at the FBSHA (Foreign Banks and Securities Houses Association) 50th anniversary banquet 26 Nov 1997; speech entitled 'IT (Information Technology) aspects of preparing the City and EMU and the year 2000' given by Deputy Governor David Clementi at the House of Lords 3 Dec 1997; speech given at the Stock Exchange annual Christmas luncheon 9 Dec 1997; handwritten speech to the Family Welfare Association reception 9 Dec 1997; notes of Christmas message for the 'Bank Fortnight' 11 Dec 1997; speech (includes draft) given at reception to mark the re-launch of BI (British Invisibles) following its merger with CEENET 13 Jan 1998; speech (includes draft) given at the Chemical Industries Association conference dinner 14 Jan 1998; notes for speech given to close the 2nd Euro Symposium 20 Jan 1998; speech (includes draft) given at a lunch with the British-American Chamber of Commerce 22 Jan 1998; speech given at the opening of the Nathan Mayer Rothschild and Sons 200th anniversary exhibition entitled 'Banker extraordinary: The life and times of NM Rothschild' 26 Jan 1998. |