Catalogue description HM Treasury: Overseas Finance Sector, External Finance Group, World Economy Division: Registered Files (WEP prefix)

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Reference: T 487
Title: HM Treasury: Overseas Finance Sector, External Finance Group, World Economy Division: Registered Files (WEP prefix)
Description:

The records in this series mainly comprise briefings concerning: world economic prospects; developments in industrial economies abroad; liaison with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); the international monetary system; and liaison with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

'WEP' prefix denotes the file registry theme 'World Economic Prospects'.

Date: 1980-1994
Arrangement:

The records are arranged in file prefix order.

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: WEP prefix
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Treasury, Overseas Finance Sector, 1975-1995

Treasury, Overseas Finance Sector, World Economy Division, 1978-1984

Physical description: 1238 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2016 Treasury

Custodial history: Records were held by HM Treasury at 1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1, to 1 April 2012. Thereafter held by a third party contractor prior to transfer to The National Archives.
Accumulation dates: 1982 to 1996
Selection and destruction information: RCP 3.1.1 - Government's management of the economy.
Accruals: Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

The World Economy Division was created as part of the 1982 HM Treasury reorganisation.

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