ECONOMY EFFECTED
PEOPLE OF BRITAIN PERSONAL EXPENDITURE (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.' (British Ollicial Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, Feb.. 28. Reassuring figures were cited by the Minister without portfolio, Lord Hankey, in the debate in the House of Lords on the dangers of'inflation. He revealed that the Bank of England indices of retail sales * suggested that a considerable measure of,' economy had been exercised by the public in its personal expenditure in recent months.* On the side of wages, the Government was in the,position of having Ihc full co-operation of both employers and employed in industrial problems connected with the prosecution of the war. ■
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20185, 1 March 1940, Page 7
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