What more can the Bank of England do?

The Bank of England can’t prevent the economy from falling into recession. But like the Fed, we think it will soon throw everything in its policy arsenal at the coronavirus crisis to try to prevent the markets from seizing up and to reduce the risk of a more prolonged downturn.

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