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The Politics of Inflation

These Times

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The Search for an Anchor to Control Inflation

The value of sterling has gone from what was it, $2.40 in the 80s to almost parity with this trust. And so we've reached for different policies throughout this period and you could say that kind of all failed. I think that what begins under Major as giving the bank more say effectively in monetary decision making is formalized into independence by Gordon Brown.

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