{"id":120214,"date":"2026-01-09T16:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T16:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/?p=120214"},"modified":"2026-01-09T16:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T16:43:07","slug":"109930-gbp-eur-eur-falls-after-mixed-retail-sales-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/109930-gbp-eur-eur-falls-after-mixed-retail-sales-data\/","title":{"rendered":"GBP\/EUR: EUR is flat after mixed retail sales data"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Pound (GBP) is flat but is set to rise across the week<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Positive sentiment boosted GBP, amid a quiet calendar<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Euro (EUR) is unchanged after mixed retail sales data<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sales slowed on a weekly basis, but accelerated annually<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Pound-Euro <a href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/exchange-rate\/1000-gbp-to-eur-exchange-rate-today\/\">(GBP\/EUR<\/a>) exchange rate is holding steady for a second day. The pair fell -0.02% in the previous session, settling on Thursday at \u20ac1.1526. It traded between \u20ac1.1504 and \u20ac1.1536. At 17:30 UTC on Friday, GBP\/EUR trades -0.01% lower at \u20ac1.1525.\u00a0 The pair is on track to rise over the week, marking the fourth consecutive weekly gain.<\/p>\n<p>The pound is unchanged on Friday, posting gains across the week, supported by positive risk sentiment and despite a quiet UK economic calendar.<\/p>\n<p>Global stock indices have risen throughout the week, even as geopolitical uncertainty has increased following the US intervention in Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>While the UK economic calendar has been quiet this week, attention is now turning to next week, which includes the release of UK unemployment data and GDP figures.<\/p>\n<p>The unemployment rate in the UK has ticked up to 5.1%, its highest level since the pandemic, and could continue to rise as firms struggle amid financial pressures from high interest rates, a higher minimum wage, and a heavier tax burden following the rise in employer NI contributions.<\/p>\n<p>Further weakness in the UK labour market could prompt the Bank of England to cut interest rates more aggressively in 2026, limiting upside for the pound.<\/p>\n<p>The euro is unchanged after mixed retail sales data. November retail sales rose 0.2% month-on-month, ahead of the 0.1% forecast. However, this was down from 0.3% in October. On an annual basis, retail sales rose 2.3%, up from 1.9%. The increase in sales comes despite a cautious consumer backdrop.<\/p>\n<p>Consumer confidence fell for the second consecutive month in December alongside weaker expectations for future household finances and the overall economic outlook.<\/p>\n<p>Broadly speaking, consumption in the eurozone has remained weak since the COVID-19 pandemic, which lifted prices and drove interest rates steeply higher, encouraging households to save rather than spend.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at individual countries, consumer spending in France, the eurozone&#8217;s second-largest economy, fell in November compared with the previous month. Retail sales also slipped in Germany on a monthly basis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pound (GBP) is flat but is set to rise across the week Positive sentiment boosted GBP, amid a quiet calendar Euro (EUR) is unchanged after mixed retail sales data Sales slowed on a weekly basis, but accelerated annually The Pound-Euro (GBP\/EUR) exchange rate is holding steady for a second day. The pair fell -0.02% in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163946597,"featured_media":5024,"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":{"0":"post-120214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eur","8":"category-gbp","9":"tag-eur","10":"tag-eur-gbp","11":"tag-gbp","12":"tag-gbp-eur"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GBP\/EUR: EUR is flat after mixed retail sales data - 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\/109930-gbp-eur-eur-falls-after-mixed-retail-sales-data\/\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109930-gbp-eur-eur-falls-after-mixed-retail-sales-data\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109930-gbp-eur-eur-falls-after-mixed-retail-sales-data\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fiona Cincotta\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8ef0fafb6c93f1204150bb907b42cfec\"},\"headline\":\"GBP\\\/EUR: EUR is flat after mixed retail sales data\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-09T16:32:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-09T16:43:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109930-gbp-eur-eur-falls-after-mixed-retail-sales-data\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":371,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109930-gbp-eur-eur-falls-after-mixed-retail-sales-data\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/100721-gbp-eur-pound-remains-at-high.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"eur\",\"eur\\\/gbp\",\"gbp\",\"gbp\\\/eur\"],\"articleSection\":[\"EUR\",\"GBP\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2026\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109930-gbp-eur-eur-falls-after-mixed-retail-sales-data\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109930-gbp-eur-eur-falls-after-mixed-retail-sales-data\\\/\",\"name\":\"GBP\\\/EUR: EUR is flat after mixed retail sales data - 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