Interest And Exchange Rates

Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the short-term and long-term interest rates in each available month of 1989 in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) West Germany, (c) the United States of America and (d) Japan.

Mr. Ryder
Short-term and long-term interest rates in each completed month of 1989 are given below. The short-term rates given are three-month money market rates and the long-term rates are for 10 year Government bonds.------
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|Year|
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|1982|
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|1983|
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|1984|
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|1985|
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|1986|
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|1987|
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|1988|
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|1989|
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