London — Bank of England  governor Andrew Bailey said on Wednesday that the UK economy is learning to adapt to lockdowns to contain the coronavirus but the BoE still expects a “quite pronounced” effect from the latest restrictions in the first quarter.

Speaking in a webinar, the central bank chief said the economy seemed to weather the closure in November better than it did at the start of the pandemic in early 2020...

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