{"id":101544,"date":"2020-06-29T12:16:15","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T16:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/?p=101544"},"modified":"2020-06-29T15:09:25","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T19:09:25","slug":"103508-gbp-eur-pound-hits-1-08-handle-as-brexit-talks-enter-intensive-phase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/103508-gbp-eur-pound-hits-1-08-handle-as-brexit-talks-enter-intensive-phase\/","title":{"rendered":"GBP\/EUR: Pound Hits 1.08 Handle as Brexit Talks Enter \u2018Intensive Phase\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/exchange-rate\/gbp-pound-sterling-live-exchange-rate\/\">British pound<\/a> (GBP) is lower against the <a href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/exchange-rate\/eur-euro-live-exchange-rate\/\">Euro<\/a> (EUR) on Monday.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u2018Intensive phase\u2019 of Brexit talks begin<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>EU to release \u2018coronavirus safe\u2019 countries for travel Tuesday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Germany \/ Spain CPI top expectations<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/exchange-rate\/gbp-to-eur-exchange-rate-today\/\">Pound-euro exchange rate<\/a> fell -0.56% last week<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>GBP\/EUR was down by 80 pips (-0.73%) to 1.0905 as of 3pm GMT.<\/p>\n<p>Having given up the 1.10 handle, the currency pair went on to make fresh 3-month lows \u2013 only to find some support near 1.09.<\/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<h2>GBP: Brexit negotiations enter \u2018intensive phase\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Some disappointing mortgage data and fresh concerns about the state of Brexit negotiations saw the pound topple over to new 3-month lows versus the euro, reaching a 1.08 handle for the first time since late March.<\/p>\n<p>The pound-euro exchange rate has fallen for four straight weeks and for seven of the past eight weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Brexit might explain some of the new weakness in the pound as UK Chief Negotiator David Frost arrived in Brussels for an \u2018intensive phase\u2019 of talks starting today. An EU Commission spokesman said: &#8220;Our overall message this week, but also for the coming weeks and coming months, is to intensify our negotiations in order to make progress to get a deal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>UK May mortgage approvals came in significantly lower than forecast, suggesting that the pent up demand for UK houses may be stalling after a rebound in May.<\/p>\n<h2>EUR: EU to publish \u2018coronavirus-safe\u2019 countries list for travel<\/h2>\n<p>There was some better news for the European economic reopening on Monday that may have offered some support to the euro. It was announced the new list of countries for travel would be made public tomorrow. According to Spanish foreign minister, Arancha Gonzalez Laya, the list of coronavirus-safe countries for travel purposes will be ready by Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>German inflation came in hotter than expected for June. That limits the immediate need for euro money printing to ward of deflation. The Germany June preliminary CPI rose +0.9% year-over-year versus the +0.6% y\/y expected. Spain is experiencing deflation, but at a slower rate than expected. Spain June preliminary CPI fell -0.3% versus -0.5% y\/y expected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British pound (GBP) is lower against the Euro (EUR) on Monday. \u2018Intensive phase\u2019 of Brexit talks begin EU to release \u2018coronavirus safe\u2019 countries for travel Tuesday Germany \/ Spain CPI top expectations Pound-euro exchange rate fell -0.56% last week GBP\/EUR was down by 80 pips (-0.73%) to 1.0905 as of 3pm GMT. Having given [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163946608,"featured_media":5380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1380,1379],"tags":[1386,2921,2649,2920,2717],"class_list":{"0":"post-101544","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eur","8":"category-gbp","9":"tag-brexit","10":"tag-eu-travel-list","11":"tag-eur-gbp","12":"tag-gb-eur","13":"tag-germany-cpi"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GBP\/EUR: Pound Hits 1.08 Handle as Brexit Talks Enter \u2018Intensive Phase\u2019 - Currency Live<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/103508-gbp-eur-pound-hits-1-08-handle-as-brexit-talks-enter-intensive-phase\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jasper Lawler\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/103508-gbp-eur-pound-hits-1-08-handle-as-brexit-talks-enter-intensive-phase\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/103508-gbp-eur-pound-hits-1-08-handle-as-brexit-talks-enter-intensive-phase\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jasper Lawler\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7cdd4328aaa82c6c13caee5961755200\"},\"headline\":\"GBP\\\/EUR: Pound Hits 1.08 Handle as Brexit Talks Enter \u2018Intensive Phase\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-29T16:16:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-29T19:09:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/103508-gbp-eur-pound-hits-1-08-handle-as-brexit-talks-enter-intensive-phase\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":382,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/103508-gbp-eur-pound-hits-1-08-handle-as-brexit-talks-enter-intensive-phase\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/100914-gbp-eur-no-brexit-plan-b-agreed.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Brexit\",\"eu travel list\",\"eur\\\/gbp\",\"gb\\\/eur\",\"germany cpi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"EUR\",\"GBP\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2020\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/103508-gbp-eur-pound-hits-1-08-handle-as-brexit-talks-enter-intensive-phase\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/103508-gbp-eur-pound-hits-1-08-handle-as-brexit-talks-enter-intensive-phase\\\/\",\"name\":\"GBP\\\/EUR: Pound Hits 1.08 Handle as Brexit Talks Enter \u2018Intensive Phase\u2019 - 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