LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Exchage rate mechanism crisis

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech; News bulletin

TX Date

1 Aug 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:04:01

Description

Peter Plisner reports, as emergency talks take place in Brussels on the European Exchange Rate Mechanism crisis, looking back at what it was meant to do and why its gone wrong. Includes Peter Luxton, Barclays, on the problem German unification has caused and the impact of the Maastricht Treaty; and Brian Widlake reading news bulletin last September announcing the pound is being withdrawn from the ERM with statement on the decision by then Chancellor Norman Lamont.

Contributors

Norman Lamont; Peter Plisner; Brian Widlake; Peter Luxton

Keywords

Treaties; Exports; Exchange rates; Germany; Europe; International trade; International monetary systems; Maastricht Treaty; Reunification

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