{"id":120238,"date":"2026-01-14T19:52:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/?p=120238"},"modified":"2026-01-14T19:52:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:52:29","slug":"109937-gbp-eur-eur-struggles-ahead-of-meeting-on-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/109937-gbp-eur-eur-struggles-ahead-of-meeting-on-greenland\/","title":{"rendered":"GBP\/EUR: EUR struggles ahead of meeting on Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Pound (GBP) is inching higher after losses yesterday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>BoE policymaker Taylor signals further rate cuts<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Euro (EUR) is lower due to geopolitical concerns<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Danish &amp; Greenland foreign ministers will meet JD Vance today<\/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 rising, recouping yesterday\u2019s losses. The pair fell 0.08% in the previous session, settling on Tuesday at \u20ac1.1529. It traded between \u20ac1.1526 and \u20ac1.1561. At 17:30 UTC on Wednesday, GBP\/EUR trades 0.14% higher at \u20ac1.1545.<\/p>\n<p>The pound is rising but trades in a narrow range despite dovish commentary from Bank of England policymaker Alan Taylor and ahead of UK GDP data tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor noted that inflation was expected to reach the target level by mid-2026, earlier than 2027 as previously thought, which could allow the Bank of England to cut rates more aggressively.<\/p>\n<p>He sees sustainable cooling in inflation given that wage growth is easing and that he expects monetary policy to normalise sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor was one of the 5 policymakers who voted to cut interest rates from 4% to 3.75% in December. Other policy makers favoured no change to borrowing costs.<\/p>\n<p>Attention will now turn to UK GDP data due tomorrow. The Office for National Statistics shows that the economy expanded 0.1% month on month in November, and manufacturing production is estimated to have grown at 0.5%.<\/p>\n<p>The euro is edging lower even after French Prime Minister Lecornu&#8217;s government survived its first vote of no confidence in parliament, which had been called in protest against the sweeping trade deal between the EU and the South American Mercosur bloc.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, signs of nerves continued to show through the European currency as President Trump doubled down on his plan to acquire Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>The US president said that anything less than Greenland in US hands was unacceptable, as he reiterated his demand for control of the Danish territory ahead of a White House meeting on the issue today.<\/p>\n<p>Trump IS insisting that the US needs Greenland for national security as it is vital for the golden Dome being built.<\/p>\n<p>The Danish and Greenland foreign ministers will meet with US Vice President JD Vance and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House later today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pound (GBP) is inching higher after losses yesterday BoE policymaker Taylor signals further rate cuts Euro (EUR) is lower due to geopolitical concerns Danish &amp; Greenland foreign ministers will meet JD Vance today The Pound-Euro (GBP\/EUR) exchange rate is rising, recouping yesterday\u2019s losses. The pair fell 0.08% in the previous session, settling on Tuesday at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163946597,"featured_media":4640,"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-120238","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 struggles ahead of meeting on Greenland - 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\/109937-gbp-eur-eur-struggles-ahead-of-meeting-on-greenland\/\" \/>\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\\\/109937-gbp-eur-eur-struggles-ahead-of-meeting-on-greenland\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109937-gbp-eur-eur-struggles-ahead-of-meeting-on-greenland\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fiona Cincotta\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8ef0fafb6c93f1204150bb907b42cfec\"},\"headline\":\"GBP\\\/EUR: EUR struggles ahead of meeting on Greenland\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-14T19:52:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109937-gbp-eur-eur-struggles-ahead-of-meeting-on-greenland\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":364,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109937-gbp-eur-eur-struggles-ahead-of-meeting-on-greenland\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/100515-gbp-eur-ecb-address-qe-end.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\\\/109937-gbp-eur-eur-struggles-ahead-of-meeting-on-greenland\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109937-gbp-eur-eur-struggles-ahead-of-meeting-on-greenland\\\/\",\"name\":\"GBP\\\/EUR: EUR struggles ahead of meeting on Greenland - 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