{"id":101265,"date":"2020-06-18T02:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T06:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/?p=101265"},"modified":"2020-06-18T03:42:37","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T07:42:37","slug":"103439-gbp-eur-pound-edges-lower-ahead-of-boe-monetary-policy-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/103439-gbp-eur-pound-edges-lower-ahead-of-boe-monetary-policy-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"GBP\/EUR: Pound Edges Lower Ahead of BoE Monetary Policy Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/currency\/gbp\/\">Pound (GBP)<\/a> looks to BoE monetary policy announcement, no rate cut is expected but an increase to the asset purchase programme is forecast.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Central bank meeting comes as UK inflation hits 4 year low and UK GDP contracts 25% in 2 months<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/currency\/eur\/\">Euro (EUR)<\/a> mildly higher despite yesterday\u2019s inflation data revealing a -0.1% decline in prices mom<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>At 05:15 UTC, Pound Euro exchange rate <a href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/exchange-rate\/gbp-to-eur-exchange-rate-today\/\">(GBP\/EUR)<\/a> trades -0.1% at \u20ac1.1154<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Pound is slipping lower ahead of the Bank of England rate decision later today. The Pound Euro exchange rate settled on Wednesday flat at \u20ac1.1167 after trading a tight daily range of just 60 points.<\/p>\n<p>At 05:15 UTC, GBP\/EUR is trading -0.1% at \u20ac1.1154 with all eyes on the bank of England.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/exchange-rate\/gbp-to-eur-exchange-rate-today\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-flat button-internalbutton\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#f92658;border-color:#c81f47;border-radius:5px\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color:#ffffff;padding:0px 22px;font-size:17px;line-height:34px;border-color:#fb688b;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> Check real time GBP to EUR exchange rate<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The BoE are expected to keep interest rates at 0.1%, the lowest level in 300 years. However, the central bank is also widely expected to increase its Asset Purchase Programme by \u00a3100 billion. There is a chance that some policy members will be even more dovish and want to add more stimulus.<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the central bank has cut rates twice from 0.75% to 0.1% and announced \u00a3200 billion of new quantitative easing bringing its bond buying total to \u00a3645 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The BoE will be under pressure to act after data from Office of National Statistics (ONS) revealed that inflation in the UK increased at 0.5% in May compared to the year earlier. This was the weakest pace of inflation growth in 4 years as the coronavirus lockdown saw demand for non-essential good evaporate and fuel prices tumble. Data last week showed that the UK economy contracted an unprecedented 25% across March and April.<\/p>\n<p>The Euro is trading ahead of a relatively quiet day on the economic calendar. The European Central Bank\u2019s economic bulletin is the only item on the economic calendar.<\/p>\n<p>The Euro traded broadly flat in the previous session even as inflation in the region eased. Consumer prices declined -0.1% in May, after rising 0.3% in April according to figures released by Eurostat. The figures were inline with analysts\u2019 expectations, with energy prices creating the biggest drag following the huge drop in oil prices.<\/p>\n<p>The core rate of inflation, which excludes more volatile items such as food and fuel was unchanged at 0.9%. This is still a significant distance from the European Central Bank\u2019s 2% target.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pound (GBP) looks to BoE monetary policy announcement, no rate cut is expected but an increase to the asset purchase programme is forecast. 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