Margaret Thatcher and John Major on inflation rate

Title

Margaret Thatcher and John Major on inflation rate

Genre

Interview

TX Date

14 Sep 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:04:18

Description

2 bands. 1: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher talks (in the 1980s?) about the need to bring down the rate of inflation to compete with our neighbours. 2: Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Major talks about how the increase, whilst anticipated, is higher than expected; he says people should not put their jobs at risk by making wage demands. Interviewer 1’s words not included; male interviewer 2 not identified.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; John Major

Keywords

Wages; Inflation; Economics; Employment; Interest rates

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