Pound sterling and British monetary policy between 1945–2010

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Piotr Jachowicz

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The paper analyses two fundamental questions of British monetary policy after Second World War and the policies implemented as answers to them. The dilemma analysed was whether to support strong international position of pound or internal development? In the end the British government was not able to choose it's priority and in consequence the policy implemented was icoherent and the results mixed.

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Jachowicz, P. (2014). Pound sterling and British monetary policy between 1945–2010. Kwartalnik Kolegium Ekonomiczno-Społecznego. Studia I Prace, (2), 147–167. https://doi.org/10.33119/KKESSiP.2014.2.7
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