Monetary Policy and Financial Repression in Britain, 1951–59

British monetary policy was reactivated in 1951 when short-term interest rates were increased for the first time in two decades. The book explores the politics of formulating monetary policy in the 1950s and the techniques of implementing it, and discusses the parallels between the present monetary...

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Main Author: Allen, William A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2014, 2014
Series:Palgrave Studies in Economic History Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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