Catalogue description Treasury: World Economic Prospects: Registered Files (WE and WEP series)

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Reference: T 382
Title: Treasury: World Economic Prospects: Registered Files (WE and WEP series)
Description:

This series contains files of the Treasury's Overseas Finance Sector concerning the world economy and includes discussions on international economic and monetary issues that could affect the UK economy.
Date: 1975-1996
Arrangement:

The records are arranged in chronological and file prefix order.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: WE and WEP
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Treasury, Overseas Finance Sector, 1975-1995
Physical description: 112 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

Treasury
Custodial history: The records were held by HM Treasury at 1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1, until 2011 whereupon they were stored with a third party contractor for disposal and preparation for transfer to The National Archives.
Accumulation dates: 1975 to 1996
Selection and destruction information: Records Collection Policy s 3.1.1 The principal policies and actions of the UK central government and English and Welsh Governments - records that illustrate the government role in the management of the UK economy.
Accruals: No further accruals are anticipated.
Administrative / biographical background:

The World Economy Division (IG 3) was constituted within the Overseas Finance Sector, International Group, under a Treasury re-organisation of 1978. The Division took over responsibilities for world economic prospects forecasting and advice and world economy briefing, and for co-ordination of work on international economic policy, which had been within Balance of Payments and International Monetary divisions.

WEP prefix succeeded WE prefix in 1981. It was created by the World Economy Division and successors (under the International Group and thereunder the Overseas Finance sector). WEP prefix was terminated in 1996.

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