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As chancellor of the Exchequer, he helped lift Britain with tax cuts and other Conservative measures -- the ''Lawson Boom'' -- but harder times followed, and he resigned in bitterness. [...]

As chancellor of the Exchequer, he helped lift Britain with tax cuts and other Conservative measures — the “Lawson Boom” — but harder times followed, and he resigned. LONDON — [...]

LEAD: Nigel Lawson, who resigned abruptly as Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer in October, has been named a director of Barclays Bank P.L.C., the bank said today. Mr. Lawson, 57 […]

LEAD: Britain today reported its worst monthly trade deficit, raising fears in the financial markets that the current consumer-spending binge is out of control and may portend a sharp economic [...]

LEAD: Comments made yesterday by Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nigel Lawson, helped push the pound upward in relation to the dollar, according to currency traders. Comments made yesterday by […]

OPEC ministers made no progress today toward breaking a deadlock over ways to curb oil output to raise prices, amid a clear warning from Britain that it would not take […]

LEAD: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has put her Government squarely behind international demands that President Reagan reduce the Federal budget deficit even if it means raising taxes. Prime Minister Margaret […]

LEAD: Britain's economy will grow about 4 percent this year despite the recent stock market plunge, but growth may slow to 2.5 percent in 1988, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, […]

LEAD: Nigel Lawson, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, welcomed the American budget plan today and said the industrialized nations should now prepare their response and call a meeting. Nigel Lawson, […]

LEAD: The welfare state has not lost its appeal to the British public, judging by reactions to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's most recent attempts to whittle it down. The welfare […]

LEAD: The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nigel Lawson, said today that the British economy is now slowing according to his plans after signs of overheating in the fall. The Chancellor […]

LEAD: The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nigel Lawson, his political credibility battered by a soaring trade deficit and rising inflation, pledged today to stick to his policy of using high […]

LEAD: European and Japanese finance officials have made it clear that they expect President-elect Bush to take strong, quick action on the Federal budget deficit. European and Japanese finance officials […]

LEAD: A record monthly trade deficit has raised fears that Britain's extraordinary economic resurgence of the 1980's is suddenly in danger. A record monthly trade deficit has raised fears that […]

LEAD: Prices of Treasury notes and bonds dipped slightly in relatively quiet trading yesterday. Prices of Treasury notes and bonds dipped slightly in relatively quiet trading yesterday. Market participants shrugged […]

LEAD: THE political crisis sweeping Britain, the most serious to hit Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher since she took office more than 10 years ago, has a fundamental economic issue at […]

LEAD: Nigel Lawson, who resigned as Chancellor of the Exchequer last week, challenged Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher openly today to swallow British national pride and let the pound be tied […]

LEAD: The turmoil in Britain after last month's resignation of Nigel Lawson as Chancellor of the Exchequer has focused attention on the European Monetary System - or more precisely, on […]

LEAD: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher expressed skepticism today about whether other European Community countries would fulfill Britain's conditions for tying the pound more closely to their currencies, an essential prerequisite […]

LEAD: One of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving ministers, Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson, angrily resigned tonight in a dispute over who was in charge of British economic policy […]

LEAD: The spectacular leap of John Major to the top ranks of British Government might be thought of by some as belying the adage that nice guys finish last. The […]

LEAD: The resignation of Nigel Lawson as Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer has lifted an obscure American economic journal into the limelight. The resignation of Nigel Lawson as Britain's Chancellor […]

LEAD: At a meeting of the European Community's finance ministers this weekend, British officials did their best to derail a movement to establish a European central bank and a single […]

LEAD: The British Government gave an immediate and frosty rejection this afternoon to an ambitious plan for monetary union in the European Community. The British Government gave an immediate and […]

LEAD: Interest rates worldwide may nearly have reached their peak, if they have not already topped out after recent rate increases in several countries, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nigel […]