 In Britain there was economic prosperity ; exports " zoomed " , according to The Times , and the economy was growing at an annual rate of four per cent . Douglas @-@ Home made no pretence to economic expertise ; he commented that his problems were of two sorts : " The political ones are insoluble and the economic ones are incomprehensible . " On another occasion he said , " When I have to read economic documents I have to have a box of matches and start moving them into position to simplify and illustrate the points to myself . " He left Maudling in charge at the Treasury , and promoted Heath to a new business and economic portfolio . The latter took the lead in the one substantial piece of domestic legislation of Douglas @-@ Home 's premiership , the abolition of resale price maintenance . 
