{"id":111470,"date":"2022-01-21T07:30:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T07:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/?p=111470"},"modified":"2022-01-21T06:01:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T06:01:29","slug":"106074-gbp-eur-7-pound-eases-lower-but-holds-over-120","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/106074-gbp-eur-7-pound-eases-lower-but-holds-over-120\/","title":{"rendered":"GBP\/EUR: Pound Eases Lower But Holds Over \u20ac1.20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pound Euro (<a href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/exchange-rate\/gbp-to-eur-exchange-rate-today\/\">GBP\/EUR<\/a>) exchange rate is edging a few points lower after reaching \u20ac1.2043 a 23 month high yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The Pound advanced yesterday on signs that the UK economy is picking up again after the latest Omicron wave caused growth to slow around 0.5%.<\/p>\n<p>Card spending has risen as well as restaurant bookings in a good sign.<\/p>\n<p>Today, <a href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/106072-gbp-eur-pair-hits-new-23-month-high-on-dovish-ecb-uk-retail-sales-due\/\">retail sales for December<\/a> are expected to show that sales declined -0.6% MoM as Omicron cases surged.<\/p>\n<p>The Euro fell yesterday after the minutes from the latest ECB meeting showed that policymakers still consider high inflation to be transitory.<\/p>\n<p>ECB President Christine Lagarde warned that hiking rates to soon would slow economic growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pound Euro (GBP\/EUR) exchange rate is edging a few points lower after reaching \u20ac1.2043 a 23 month high yesterday. The Pound advanced yesterday on signs that the UK economy is picking up again after the latest Omicron wave caused growth to slow around 0.5%. 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