| Level | Item |
| Creator Name | Gilt-Edged and Money Markets (GEMMS) |
| Reference Number (click to see whole series/group) | 10A114/4 |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Title | MONETARY POLICY: GENERAL |
| Date | 7 Jan 1983 - 30 Aug 1983 |
| Description | Includes: notes of meetings between the Bank, Chancellor and Treasury (HMT) officials on monetary issues; Bank paper on monetary tactics - the next phase; Treasury (HMT) papers on monetary targets in 1983 and 1984; copies of a Treasury paper on influencing interest rates, with Bank drafting comments; correspondence between Gordon Richardson, later Robin Leigh-Pemberton and Geoffrey Howe, later Nigel Lawson, concerning short term interest rates and other monetary issues; Bank and Treasury papers on the medium term financial strategy (MTFS); annotated reading list on domestic monetary policy sent by Edward George to Robin Leigh-Pemberton; Bank and Treasury papers on the seasonal adjustment of monthly £M3; paper on monetary prospects April to June 1983; Treasury note on interest rates during the election period; Treasury draft brief for the labour party; paper on developments in international liquidity; Bank briefing on the operation of monetary policy for a new Conservative Chancellor, with comments; W Allen's paper on the circumstances surrounding changes in short-term interest rates since May 1979; W Allen's note on the forwards and the money supply; monetary prospects July to September 1983; Charles Goodhart paper on any discrepancy between the development of real and financial variables; the monetary prospects August to October 1983; Treasury paper on monetary aggregates as predictors of inflation. |
| Related Material | C40, 3A8 |
| Original Reference | MP1v4 |
| YearOpen | 2013 |
| Keyword | The Rt. Hon.Gordon Richardson, PC., MBE., Margaret Thatcher, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Geoffrey Howe; Christpher McMahon, Nigel Lawson, Robin Leigh-Pemberton |