{"id":107778,"date":"2021-01-14T07:30:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T07:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/?p=107778"},"modified":"2021-01-14T06:56:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T06:56:54","slug":"105231-gbp-eur-pound-hit-2-month-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/105231-gbp-eur-pound-hit-2-month-high\/","title":{"rendered":"GBP\/EUR: Pound Hits 2 Month High"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pound Euro (GBP\/EUR) exchange rate is building on gains for a 6th consecutive session, trading at \u20ac1.1220, slightly off yesterday&#8217;s 2 month high of \u20ac1.1259.<\/p>\n<p>The Pound has been well supported this week by f<a href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/105230-gbp-eur-pound-extends-gains-german-gdp-in-focus\/\">ading speculation surrounding negative interest rates.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New daily covid cases are starting to fall slowly although deaths remain at a record high. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering tightening lockdown restrictions further and accelerating the vaccine programme to 24 \/7.<\/p>\n<p>The Euro is under pressure despite strong Eurozone industrial production data, which expanded for the 7<sup>th<\/sup> straight month.<\/p>\n<p>German GDP will be closely eyed. Expectations are for -5.1% contraction in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pound Euro (GBP\/EUR) exchange rate is building on gains for a 6th consecutive session, trading at \u20ac1.1220, slightly off yesterday&#8217;s 2 month high of \u20ac1.1259. The Pound has been well supported this week by fading speculation surrounding negative interest rates. 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