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By the beginning of the 20th century the national debt had been gradually reduced to around 30 percent of GDP. However, during World War I, the British government was forced to borrow heavily in order to finance the war effort. The national debt increased from £650m in 1914 to £7.4 billion in 1919.
Government borrowing for debt (10-year bond) increased to over 15% in the 1970s and early 1980s. The 1973 oil crisis caused an increase in the price of Brent Crude. Initiation of the inflationary cycle is traced to Anthony Barber's 1972 budget which was designed to return the Conservatives to power in an election expected in 1974 or 1975.
Like other sovereign debt, the British national debt is rated by various ratings agencies. On 23 February 2013, it was reported that Moody's had downgraded UK debt from Aaa to Aa1, the first time since 1978 that the country has not had an AAA credit rating. [12] This was described as a "humiliating blow" by Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls. George ...
The 1967 sterling devaluation (or 1967 sterling crisis) was a devaluation of sterling from $2.80 to $2.40 per pound on 18 November 1967. It ended a long sterling crisis that had started in 1964 with the election of Labour in the 1964 general election, [1] but originated in the balance of payments crises of the preceding Conservative government.
The 1972 United Kingdom budget (also known as the dash for growth budget [1]) was a budget delivered by Anthony Barber, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on 21 March 1972.The budget is remembered for its large tax cuts, and led to high inflation and demands for higher wages, as well as the 1976 sterling crisis when the UK government was forced to ask the International Monetary Fund for ...
The secondary banking crisis of 1973–1975 was a dramatic crash in British property prices that ... rising housing prices of the late 1960s and early 1970s ...
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Panic of 1825, a pervasive British recession in which many banks failed, nearly including the Bank of England; Panic of 1837, a U.S. recession with bank failures, followed by a 5-year depression; Panic of 1847, United Kingdom; Panic of 1857, a U.S. recession with bank failures; Panic of 1866, Europe