Catalogue description HM Treasury: Overseas Finance Sector (and successors): Balance of Payments and Capital Markets (BPCM prefix): Registered Files
Reference: | T 551 |
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Title: | HM Treasury: Overseas Finance Sector (and successors): Balance of Payments and Capital Markets (BPCM prefix): Registered Files |
Description: |
The records concern the UK balance of payments, UK trade competitiveness with other countries and economic strategy in this regard. The records also concern recording of international indebtedness and world economic development, UK economic policy towards other countries, UK investment abroad and promotion and protection agreements with other countries as well as exchange control issues. |
Date: | 1985-1986 |
Arrangement: |
The records are arranged chronologically in file prefix order. |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Former reference in its original department: | BPCM prefix |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Treasury, Overseas Finance Sector, 1975-1995 |
Physical description: | 37 file(s) |
Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
in 2016 Treasury |
Accumulation dates: | 1985 to 1986 |
Selection and destruction information: | RCP - 3.1.1 - records that illustrate the government's management of the UK economy. |
Accruals: | No further accruals are expected. |
Administrative / biographical background: |
The Overseas Finance Sector was created in 1975. Both the External Finance Group and the Balance of Payments Division were created in 1981. Its function was to monitor foreign exchange markets, reserves, exchange rates, the relationship of Sterling with the European Monetary System (EMS), official external borrowing and residual exchange control issues. |
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