The Bank of England "will take all necessary further steps to support the UK economy" from the coronavirus fallout, governor Mark Carney said Wednesday after the BoE slashed its key interest rate. Carney's pledge followed the BoE's emergency rate cut to a joint UK record-low 0.25 percent from 0.75 percent. It comes ahead of Britain's annual budget statement later Wednesday, set to be dominated by government efforts to help virus-hit businesses. bcp/bmm