UK Monetary Policy from Devaluation to Thatcher, 1967-82

by Duncan Needham

Book Overview

UK Monetary Policy from Devaluation to Thatcher, 1967-1982 charts the course of monetary policy in the UK from the 1960s to the early 1980s. It shows how events such as the 1967 sterling devaluation, the collapse of Bretton Woods, the stagflation of the 1970s and the International Monetary Fund loan of 1976 all shaped policy. It challenges the existing historiography by showing the Bank of England and the UK Treasury experimenting with money supply...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137369531
• ISBN13: 9781137369536
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.6"