City week

Title

City week

Genre

Interview; Discussion; Special

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:26:52

Description

A review of the week’s financial news as seen by IRN’s Financial Unit, hosted by Tom Maddocks with Douglas Moffitt. Topics covered: upcoming Budget by the new Conservative Government; top workers’ wages rising including doctors and dentists; call to cut back oil use and North Sea oil fiscal policy; Nationwide Building Society report on moving houses more frequently; regular review of business opportunities due to overseas aid; share certificates as decorations. Speaking are: economist Roger Nightingale; Ronnie Allen, British Dental Association; Dr Elston Grey-Turner, BMA; Frank Field, Labour MP; Energy Secretary David Howell; William Atkinson, Continental Oil; Christopher Johnson, Lloyds Bank economic advisor; Nationwide General Manager Len Williams; Dick Grace, Conti Commodities with regular review of markets including high price of gold; Tony Baird, Bond Art. Reporters: John Greenwood and Vivian White. Studio producer is Ray Gannon(?).

Contributors

Vivian White; Elston Grey-Turner; David Howell; Ronnie Allen; Frank Field; John Greenwood; Tom Maddocks; Roger Nightingale; Douglas Moffitt; Leonard Williams; Ray Gannon(?); Dick Grace; William Atkinson; Christopher Johnson; Tony Baird

Keywords

Budgets; Reports; Wages; Wage policy; Taxation; Housing; Monetary policy; Fiscal policy; Economic policy; Geoffrey Howe; Energy shortages; Energy conservation; Oil; Economic recession; National budgets; Income tax; Development aid; Loans; Jamaica; Tea; Bangladesh; Gold; North Sea; Mortgages (loans); Doctors; Petroleum industry; Home ownership; Dentists; Financial markets; Commodities; Certificates

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