§ Mr. Knoxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what percentage (a) sterling M3, (b) M1, (c) M3, (d) the retail price index and (e) the tax and prices index rose in the 12-month periods to the beginning of each month since May 1979.
§ Mr. Ian StewartThe information for the monetary aggregates is as follows:
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Percentage change over 12 months (seasonally adjusted) Sterling M3 M1 M3 1979 May 11.7 13.8 10.3 June 12.3 12.8 11.1 July 12.0 12.9 10.4 August 13.2 12.9 12.3 September 13.1 11.9 12.1 October 14.0 14.7 13.2 November 13.8 11.4 13.6 December 12.5 9.3 12.1 1980 January 10.9 7.8 10.3 February 11.0 4.7 10.4 March 12.6 4.9 13.0 April 12.0 3.3 13.3 May 11.9 2.8 13.3 June 12.3 3.6 12.7 July 16.4 5.2 16.6 August 16.9 3.4 17.4 September 18.1 3.9 18.1 October 18.2 1.8 17.5 November 18.9 3.5 17.4 December 20.5 6.9 19.5 1981 January 19.5 6.0 20.6 February 19.9 9.4 21.6 March 19.5 8.7 21.5 April 20.6 12.4 22.2 May 20.3 12.9 22.2 June 19.7 12.9 23.4 July 16.3 12.7 21.6 August 15.0 10.1 20.8 September 16.3 12.0 22.7 October 15.3 9.8 23.1 November 14.5 11.0 21.1 December 13.5 8.2 19.9 1982 January 15.3 11.2 19.2 February 14.1 8.9 17.3 March 13.7 8.4 16.2 April 12.9 4.1 16.4 May 11.9 3.9 14.3 June 12.7 6.6 13.8 July 11.2 4.4 12.7
Sterling M3 M1 M3 August 11.4 9.1 12.3 September 10.6 8.1 10.4 October 10.9 12.0 10.4 November 9.7 10.5 10.4 December 9.6 11.5 11.3 1983 January 9.1 10.7 11.6 February 9.7 11.8 12.7 March 10.1 13.3 13.4 April 11.1 14.9 12.5 May 11.3 16.0 12.5 June 11.2 15.9 12.8 July 11.8 15.0 12.5 August 11.2 13.8 12.1 September 9.7 12.4 11.5 October 10.0 11.2 11.4 November 9.9 11.9 11.3 December 10.9 12.4 12.6 1984 January 10.5 11.1 12.6 February 9.7 11.1 11.9 March 9.8 13.3 11.8 April 8.3 13.8 11.0 May 8.6 14.0 9.7 Annual percentage changes in the retail price index and the tax and price index are published in table 18.5 of the CSO's "Monthly Digest of Statistics".