Interest rates and the regional experience
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Lonie, A A and Power, D M (1989) Interest rates and the regional experience. Quarterly Economic Commentary, 15 (2). pp. 56-67. ISSN 2046-5378
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Abstract
This paper discusses the possible consequences for Scotland of the present policy of high interest rates are of more than academic interest. The sequence of eleven successive increases in the clearing banks' base rate between 2 June 1988 and 5 October 1989 which raised interest rates from 7.5 per cent to 15 per cent is one of the most remarkable in British financial history.
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Item type: Article ID code: 51537 Dates: DateEvent1 December 1989PublishedSubjects: Social Sciences > Economic Theory Department: Strathclyde Business School > Economics
Strathclyde Business School > Fraser of Allander InstituteDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 10 Feb 2015 11:47 Last modified: 11 Nov 2024 10:59 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/51537
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