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Public Expenditure (Interest Rates)

Volume 79: debated on Thursday 23 May 1985

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15.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the estimated change in public spending attributable to a 1 per cent. increase or decrease in interest rates.

The precise effect depends on such matters as the size and structure of Government debt and changes in relative interest rates.