{"id":120433,"date":"2026-02-25T21:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/?p=120433"},"modified":"2026-02-25T20:54:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:54:58","slug":"109997-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-17-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/109997-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-17-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GB[P\/EUR: Pair rises towards \u20ac1.17"},"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 rising for a fourth day.<\/p>\n<p>The pound is strengthening amid a <a href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/109995-gbp-eur-the-pound-rises-for-a-fourth-day-as-uk-stocks-hit-a-record-high\/\">risk-on market mood, as evidenced by the FTSE 100 reaching a record high<\/a> on strong corporate earnings and mining stocks.<\/p>\n<p>Falling UK inflation expectations and Andrew Bailey\u2019s testimony yesterday have reinforced expectations of a Bank of England rate cut as early as March.<\/p>\n<p>Political focus remains on the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election.<\/p>\n<p>The euro is weakening after eurozone inflation was confirmed to have cooled to a 16-month low of 1.7%, below the ECB\u2019s target 2% level for the first time since May 2025, reinforcing expectations that the central bank will keep interest rates unchanged this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pound euro (GBP\/EUR) exchange rate is rising for a fourth day. The pound is strengthening amid a risk-on market mood, as evidenced by the FTSE 100 reaching a record high on strong corporate earnings and mining stocks. Falling UK inflation expectations and Andrew Bailey\u2019s testimony yesterday have reinforced expectations of a Bank of England [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163946597,"featured_media":4569,"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-120433","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>GB[P\/EUR: Pair rises towards \u20ac1.17 - 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\/109997-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-17-2\/\" \/>\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\\\/109997-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-17-2\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109997-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-17-2\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fiona Cincotta\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8ef0fafb6c93f1204150bb907b42cfec\"},\"headline\":\"GB[P\\\/EUR: Pair rises towards \u20ac1.17\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-25T21:00:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109997-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-17-2\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":120,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109997-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-17-2\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/100475-gbp-eur-european-central-bank.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\\\/109997-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-17-2\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109997-gbp-eur-pair-rises-towards-e1-17-2\\\/\",\"name\":\"GB[P\\\/EUR: Pair rises towards \u20ac1.17 - 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