Nigel Lawson on the economy

Title

Nigel Lawson on the economy

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

1 Dec 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:04:04

Description

Chancellor Nigel Lawson has warned that unemployment is likely to rise as the Government steps up the fight on inflation. Lawson was appearing before before the Commons Backbench Treasury Committee. Peter Murphy reports.

Contributors

Peter Murphy; Nigel Lawson

Keywords

Politics; Government; Wages; Inflation; Unemployment; Economic systems; Interest rates

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