{"id":120420,"date":"2026-02-23T12:40:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/?p=120420"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:15:07","slug":"109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\/","title":{"rendered":"GBP\/EUR: Pair rises towards \u20ac1.1450"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The pound euro (<a href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/exchange-rate\/1000-gbp-to-eur-exchange-rate-today\/\">GBP\/EUR<\/a>) exchange rate is edging higher after losses last week.<\/p>\n<p>The pound weakened last week after softer UK data strengthened expectations of further Bank of England rate cuts. Unemployment rose to an almost five-year high, wage growth slowed, and inflation cooled to 3%, with markets pricing in a March rate cut.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s quiet data calendar shifts focus to political risks ahead of the Gorton and Denton by-election on February 26, which could test PM Starmer\u2019s position.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/109989-gbp-eur-the-eur-falls-amid-renewed-trade-tariff-turbulence\/\">euro is slipping amid rising trade-tariff turbulence,<\/a> as the EU pushed back against newly proposed US tariffs after the US Supreme Court ruled that reciprocal tariffs are illegal.<\/p>\n<p>German IFO business climate rose to a 5-month high of 88.6 in February up from 87.6 amid signs of a recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pound euro (GBP\/EUR) exchange rate is edging higher after losses last week. The pound weakened last week after softer UK data strengthened expectations of further Bank of England rate cuts. Unemployment rose to an almost five-year high, wage growth slowed, and inflation cooled to 3%, with markets pricing in a March rate cut. This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163946597,"featured_media":5599,"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-120420","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 v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GBP\/EUR: Pair rises towards \u20ac1.1450 - 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\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\/\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fiona Cincotta\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8ef0fafb6c93f1204150bb907b42cfec\"},\"headline\":\"GBP\\\/EUR: Pair rises towards \u20ac1.1450\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-23T12:40:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":134,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/100640-gbp-eur-uk-gdp-and-eu-cpi-in-focus.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\\\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\\\/\",\"name\":\"GBP\\\/EUR: Pair rises towards \u20ac1.1450 - Currency Live\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/100640-gbp-eur-uk-gdp-and-eu-cpi-in-focus.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-23T12:40:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8ef0fafb6c93f1204150bb907b42cfec\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/100640-gbp-eur-uk-gdp-and-eu-cpi-in-focus.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/100640-gbp-eur-uk-gdp-and-eu-cpi-in-focus.jpg\",\"width\":1176,\"height\":662},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"GBP\\\/EUR: Pair rises towards \u20ac1.1450\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Currency Live\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8ef0fafb6c93f1204150bb907b42cfec\",\"name\":\"Fiona Cincotta\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/79afd1dde0d7ad291707268bbcdb9fdb41b2dd29f8088c8cfe9c67cd2a1de0e4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/79afd1dde0d7ad291707268bbcdb9fdb41b2dd29f8088c8cfe9c67cd2a1de0e4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/79afd1dde0d7ad291707268bbcdb9fdb41b2dd29f8088c8cfe9c67cd2a1de0e4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Fiona Cincotta\"},\"description\":\"Editor - Senior Financial Market Analyst Through over a decade\u2019s experience analysing and reporting on global currency markets, Fiona has a gained a deep understanding of the fundamental drivers of currencies. She is regularly quoted by international news organisations including Financial Times, Reuters and Bloomberg. Fiona is a familiar face after years of appearances on BBC, Sky News and Fox Business News.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/fiona-cincotta-bb4a4845\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/fiona-cincotta\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"GBP\/EUR: Pair rises towards \u20ac1.1450 - Currency Live","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Fiona Cincotta","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\/"},"author":{"name":"Fiona Cincotta","@id":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8ef0fafb6c93f1204150bb907b42cfec"},"headline":"GBP\/EUR: Pair rises towards \u20ac1.1450","datePublished":"2026-02-23T12:40:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\/"},"wordCount":134,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/100640-gbp-eur-uk-gdp-and-eu-cpi-in-focus.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\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\/","url":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\/","name":"GBP\/EUR: Pair rises towards \u20ac1.1450 - Currency Live","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/100640-gbp-eur-uk-gdp-and-eu-cpi-in-focus.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-23T12:40:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8ef0fafb6c93f1204150bb907b42cfec"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/100640-gbp-eur-uk-gdp-and-eu-cpi-in-focus.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/100640-gbp-eur-uk-gdp-and-eu-cpi-in-focus.jpg","width":1176,"height":662},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/109989-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-1450\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"GBP\/EUR: Pair rises towards \u20ac1.1450"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/","name":"Currency Live","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8ef0fafb6c93f1204150bb907b42cfec","name":"Fiona Cincotta","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/79afd1dde0d7ad291707268bbcdb9fdb41b2dd29f8088c8cfe9c67cd2a1de0e4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/79afd1dde0d7ad291707268bbcdb9fdb41b2dd29f8088c8cfe9c67cd2a1de0e4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/79afd1dde0d7ad291707268bbcdb9fdb41b2dd29f8088c8cfe9c67cd2a1de0e4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Fiona Cincotta"},"description":"Editor - Senior Financial Market Analyst Through over a decade\u2019s experience analysing and reporting on global currency markets, Fiona has a gained a deep understanding of the fundamental drivers of currencies. She is regularly quoted by international news organisations including Financial Times, Reuters and Bloomberg. Fiona is a familiar face after years of appearances on BBC, Sky News and Fox Business News.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/fiona-cincotta-bb4a4845\/"],"url":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/author\/fiona-cincotta\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/100640-gbp-eur-uk-gdp-and-eu-cpi-in-focus.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163946597"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120420"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120422,"href":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120420\/revisions\/120422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}