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Better than forecast inflation data helped to lift the Pound<\/a> on Wednesday and follow through buying continues to lift sterling.<\/p>\n

The Pound Euro (GBP\/EUR<\/a>) exchange rate is pushing higher through \u20ac1.13,<\/a> building on gains from the previous session.<\/p>\n

Hopes that the accelerating vaccination programme could see the UK start to ease out of lockdown in March is also boosting the Pound.<\/p>\n

The Euro looks ahead towards the ECB monetary policy meeting later today. The central bank is not expected to adjust policy given the moves to expand bond buying in December. The outlook could be improving as the vaccine rollout picks up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Better than forecast inflation data helped to lift the Pound on Wednesday and follow through buying continues to lift sterling. The Pound Euro (GBP\/EUR) exchange rate is pushing higher through \u20ac1.13, building on gains from the previous session. Hopes that the accelerating vaccination programme could see the UK start to ease out of lockdown in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163946597,"featured_media":5585,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1380,1379],"tags":[1395,1394,2410],"class_list":["post-107906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eur","category-gbp","tag-eur","tag-gbp","tag-gbp-eur"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGBP\/EUR: Pound Extends Gains, ECB Up Next - 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\/105271-gbp-eur-pound-extends-gains-ecb-up-next\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Fiona Cincotta\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/105271-gbp-eur-pound-extends-gains-ecb-up-next\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/105271-gbp-eur-pound-extends-gains-ecb-up-next\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fiona Cincotta\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8ef0fafb6c93f1204150bb907b42cfec\"},\"headline\":\"GBP\\\/EUR: Pound Extends Gains, ECB Up Next\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-21T09:05:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-21T12:14:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/105271-gbp-eur-pound-extends-gains-ecb-up-next\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":110,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/105271-gbp-eur-pound-extends-gains-ecb-up-next\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/100632-gbp-eur-uk-politics-german-data.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"eur\",\"gbp\",\"gbp\\\/eur\"],\"articleSection\":[\"EUR\",\"GBP\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2021\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/105271-gbp-eur-pound-extends-gains-ecb-up-next\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/105271-gbp-eur-pound-extends-gains-ecb-up-next\\\/\",\"name\":\"GBP\\\/EUR: Pound Extends Gains, ECB Up Next - 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