Government’s price check scheme

Title

Government’s price check scheme

Genre

Interview

TX Date

14 Feb 1976

Year of production

1976

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Duration

00:02:32

Description

The government’s price check scheme will keep prices down for 6 months and is part of the counter-inflation plan. Campbell Adamson of the CBI is interviewed on the scheme and the deal agreed with his members and states that if the price code continues after the 6 months, unemployment will go up, so the code must stop after that time. Interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Campbell Adamson

Keywords

Politics; Prices; Inflation; Economics; CBI; Unemployment; Retail trade; Food prices

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