{"id":119558,"date":"2025-08-12T14:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/?p=119558"},"modified":"2025-08-12T14:01:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:01:52","slug":"109684-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-16-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/109684-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-16-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GBP\/EUR: Pair rises towards \u20ac1.16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The pound euro (<a href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/exchange-rate\/1000-gbp-to-usd-exchange-rate-today\/\">GBP\/EUR<\/a>) exchange rate is rising for a second day.<\/p>\n<p>The pound is rising after <a href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/109683-gbp-eur-the-pound-rises-as-uk-jobs-data-highlights-boes-challenges\/\">UK jobs data showed the challenges the BoE is facing<\/a>. UK unemployment remained at 4.7% a 4-year high. However, UK wage growth remained elevated at 5%.<\/p>\n<p>The BoE has been watching the UK jobs market closely, but with sticky inflation, it may not cut rates again until next year.<\/p>\n<p>The EUR is falling after economic sentiment fell by more than expected in the region.<\/p>\n<p>German ZEW economic sentiment fell to 34.7 in August, down from 52.7 in July. Expectations had been for a decline to 40. The data indicate some experts were disappointed by the EU- US trade deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pound euro (GBP\/EUR) exchange rate is rising for a second day. The pound is rising after UK jobs data showed the challenges the BoE is facing. UK unemployment remained at 4.7% a 4-year high. However, UK wage growth remained elevated at 5%. The BoE has been watching the UK jobs market closely, but with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163946598,"featured_media":5739,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1380,1379],"tags":[1395,2649,1394,2410],"class_list":["post-119558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eur","category-gbp","tag-eur","tag-eur-gbp","tag-gbp","tag-gbp-eur"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GBP\/EUR: Pair rises towards \u20ac1.16 - 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\/109684-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-16-2\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ileana Ionescu\" \/>\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\\\/109684-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-16-2\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109684-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-16-2\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ileana Ionescu\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3d5cb0a6a22d357fc0b9ad562f35e75b\"},\"headline\":\"GBP\\\/EUR: Pair rises towards \u20ac1.16\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-12T13:00:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-12T13:01:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109684-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-16-2\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":117,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109684-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-16-2\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/gbp-eur-UK-Inflation-Impress.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"eur\",\"eur\\\/gbp\",\"gbp\",\"gbp\\\/eur\"],\"articleSection\":[\"EUR\",\"GBP\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2025\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109684-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-16-2\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109684-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-16-2\\\/\",\"name\":\"GBP\\\/EUR: Pair rises towards \u20ac1.16 - 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