Series
HM Treasury: Overseas Finance Sector, External Finance Group, Balance of Payments...
Catalogue reference: T 450
What's it about?
T 450
The records in this series concern the UK balance of trade and payments with other sovereign states and economic strategy in this regard. The records concern: foreign exchange markets; reserves of currency; exchange rates; the proposed UK...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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T 450
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Title (The name of the record)
- HM Treasury: Overseas Finance Sector, External Finance Group, Balance of Payments Division: EMP (External Monetary Policy) and ERMP (Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy) prefix records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1980-1994
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records in this series concern the UK balance of trade and payments with other sovereign states and economic strategy in this regard. The records concern: foreign exchange markets; reserves of currency; exchange rates; the proposed UK participation in the European Monetary System (EMS) and the relationship of sterling to it; reserves and foreign currency borrowing; funding policy; interest rates and gilts.
The series includes records originally intended for the series T 641.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The records are arranged chronologically and in file prefix order.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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EMP and ERMP
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Treasury, Overseas Finance Sector, 1975-1995
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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863 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2013 Treasury
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1981 to 1985 (EMP); 1985 to 1993 (ERMP)
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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National Archives selection themes: 3.1.1 - Management of government revenues and expenditure. 3.1.4 - Regulation and support of economic activity by government.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Balance of Payments Division was created in 1981 under the External Finance Group and both under the HM Treasury Overseas Finance Sector. The EMP prefix (created in 1981) was directly succeeded by the ERMP prefix in 1985 which was eventually terminated in 1993.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12740059/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: T
Records created or inherited by HM Treasury
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HM Treasury: Overseas Finance Sector, External Finance Group, Balance of Payments Division: EMP (External Monetary Policy) and ERMP (Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy) prefix records