Inside the Bank of England [electronic resource] : Memoirs of Christopher Dow, Chief Economist 1973-84 /
Dow, C.author.
Hacche, G.editor.
A personal memoir from Christopher Dow, an influential British economist and a key player in the banking establishments of the post-war era. Contains insights and revelations into the issues and protagonists shaping British economic policy in the late 20th Century.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Figures and Table""; ""Foreword""; ""Editors' Introduction""; ""Who was Christopher Dow?""; ""The Bank when Dow joined""; ""The UK economy in the 1970s""; ""The economy after 1979;  monetarism and its consequences""; ""Dow's contribution to the policy debate""; ""Relevance to present-day policy issues""; ""Dow's contribution to modernizing the Bank""; ""Concluding matters""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Statistical Annex""; ""1 The Crisis Year 1976: Events to the Autumn, with a Brief Retrospect Back to 1973""; ""My first three years at the Bank""
""Exchange rate policy""""Events of March to early September 1976""; ""Supporting the pound""; ""Bankâ€?Treasury relations""; ""The sterling crisis deepens""; ""2 Autumn 1976 to Summer 1977""; ""September to December 1976""; ""Negotiations leading to the IMF agreement""; ""The three months to Easter 1977""; ""A stronger pound""; ""Relations with the Bank's department heads and the Governor""; ""Easter to August 1977""; ""A new phase of incomes policy""; ""Changes at the Treasury""; ""A visit to the United States""; ""Old and new policy dilemmas""; ""A more powerful Bank?""
""3 Autumn 1977 to Summer 1978""""Uncapping the exchange rate""; ""'Practical monetarism' in the Bank""; ""From an expansionary Budget to contractionary measures""; ""A call to reconsider methods of monetary control""; ""Thoughts on independence, and personalities and aspirations at the top of the Bank""; ""Bankâ€?Treasury relations and the seignorage issue""; ""Beginnings of change at the Bank, and auguries for the future""; ""Social life, and some observations on the Governor""; ""The Iron Lady""; ""4 Autumn 1978 to Summer 1979""; ""Formation of the European Monetary System""
""The 'winter of discontent'""""Attitudes and conflicts at the top of the Bank, and preparations for reorganization""; ""Adjusting to the change of government""; ""Impending recession, and policy dilemmas""; ""5 Autumn 1979 to Summer 1980""; ""Growing worries about the economy""; ""Reorganization of the Bank""; ""As recession hits, a different style of government""; ""Violent incidents reflect rising social tensions""; ""6 Autumn 1980 to Summer 1981""; ""Recession deepens, though monetary growth exceeds targets""; ""Mrs Thatcher attacks the Bank""; ""Other participants in the policy debate""
""Further tightening in the 1981 Budget""""The battle over monetary base control""; ""Bankâ€?Treasury relations""; ""Policy drifts and lacks substance""; ""7 Autumn 1981 to Summer 1982""; ""The economy in 1981â€?82: bumping along the bottom""; ""The Prime Minister dictates policy""; ""The Falklands war""; ""The overfunding debate""; ""Changes in the Bank's senior staff""; ""Looking to the future of the Bank, and of policy""; ""8 Autumn 1982 to Summer 1983""; ""A year of marking time, in the economy and personally""; ""The Latin American debt crisis""
""Mrs Thatcher's ambivalence on monetary policy""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A personal memoir from Christopher Dow, an influential British economist and a key player in the banking establishments of the post-war era. Contains insights and revelations into the issues and protagonists shaping British economic policy in the late 20th Century.
Dow, J. C. R. (J. Christopher R.)
Bank of England
Macroeconomics.
Economic policy.
Economic history.
Political economy.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
Economic Policy.
Economic History.
International Political Economy.