Catalogue description 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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Details of T 450
Reference: T 450
Title: 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
Description:

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.
Date: 1980-1994
Arrangement:

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

Treasury, Overseas Finance Sector, 1975-1995
Physical description: 863 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2013 Treasury
Accumulation dates: 1981 to 1985 (EMP); 1985 to 1993 (ERMP)
Selection and destruction information: National Archives selection themes: 3.1.1 - Management of government revenues and expenditure. 3.1.4 - Regulation and support of economic activity by government.
Accruals: Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

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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