I can't give a straight answer because by English and Economics degree happened during a recession and before the internet, in the 1980s. My first jobs were at employers who refused to accept information not directly relevant to the job, as part of an equal opportunities policy, so a thick person with some naff social work qualification could get a job ahead of someone who could look things up and think things through. Luckily the employers were so bad in terms of job security, unsocial hours, and the un-paid hassle of working with people, that nobody with a naff social work qualification applied.My non-straight answer is that, even in 2017, nobody cares. It's probably the same as in the 1980s. The important thing is to study what you want and hope for self-employment after a bit of work for employers. The idea of life being a competition in which marks are necessary in order to pay to be an intern is a made-up idea which a lot of people are sucked-in to.
PS If you are interested in one English student's view of a 1980s economics degree, google my blog post with words like "Boring Economics is Interesting Keele". I need to put it on a different web site so won't post a link. I guess my economics degree was very different because pre-internet and much less mathmatical than modern economics degrees, but you'll have to check prospectuses or ask.