HC Deb 25 January 1988 vol 126 c79W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the change in(a) the nominal and (b) the real exchange rate of (i) the United Kingdom, (ii) West Germany, (iii) Japan and (iv) the United States of America against other G7 countries in the following periods: the last quarter of 1969 to the first quarter of 1971, the last quarter of 1976 to the first quarter of 1979, the second quarter of 1979 to the first quarter of 1981 and the third quarter of 1986 to date.

Mr. Lilley

I refer the hon. Member toInternational Financial Statistics published monthly by the International Monetary Fund and to the table on page 46 of Economic Trends published monthly by the Central Statistical Office. Copies of both publications are in the House of Commons Library.