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Bank of England cuts key interest rate in response to virus

by Associated Press
| March 11, 2020 2:30 AM

LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England slashed its key interest rate by half a percentage point to 0.25% on Wednesday, as part of an emergency package of measures to cushion the “economic shock" of the coronavirus outbreak.

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