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The pound-euro (GBP\/EUR<\/a>) exchange rate is falling for a second day.<\/p>\n

The euro is rising despite German GDP data showing the economy contracted<\/a> -0.2% QoQ in the final three months of the year.<\/p>\n

The weak data comes as the new Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, starts coalition talks after his Conservative party won the elections at the weekend.<\/p>\n

The pound is inching lower after the energy regulator Ofgem raised its domestic price cap to 6.4% from April and after economists predicted UK house prices could grow 3.5% this year.<\/p>\n

BoE chief economist Huw Pill is due to speak shortly.<\/p>\n

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The pound-euro (GBP\/EUR) exchange rate is falling for a second day. The euro is rising despite German GDP data showing the economy contracted -0.2% QoQ in the final three months of the year. 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