Inflation at 14.4 per cent

Published: March 30, 1979, 11:25 a.m.

Rising inflation hits Carter's poll ratings, despite uplift from signing of Egypt-Israeli peace deal. This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.