{"id":120651,"date":"2026-04-15T15:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/?p=120651"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:24:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:24:43","slug":"gbp-eur-pair-holds-steady-after-uk-german-gdp-downrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/gbp-eur-pair-holds-steady-after-uk-german-gdp-downrades\/","title":{"rendered":"GBP\/EUR: Pair holds steady after UK &#038; German GDP downrades"},"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 unchanged on Wednesday at 1.15<\/p>\n<p>The pound is steady against the euro but weaker versus the US dollar as markets assess Middle East tensions and prospects for peace.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0International Monetary Fund\u00a0cut UK growth forecasts, citing vulnerability to higher oil prices, with GDP seen at 0.8% this year and 1.2% next.<\/p>\n<p>UK February GDP is expected to edge up 0.1%.<\/p>\n<p>The euro is flat against the pound but softer versus the dollar despite stronger eurozone industrial output, as investors focus on war risks and energy costs. 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The\u00a0International Monetary Fund\u00a0cut UK growth forecasts, citing vulnerability to higher oil prices, with GDP seen at 0.8% this year and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163946597,"featured_media":5583,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1380,1379],"tags":[1395,1394,2410],"class_list":["post-120651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eur","category-gbp","tag-eur","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 holds steady after UK &amp; German GDP downrades - 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\/gbp-eur-pair-holds-steady-after-uk-german-gdp-downrades\/\" \/>\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\\\/gbp-eur-pair-holds-steady-after-uk-german-gdp-downrades\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/gbp-eur-pair-holds-steady-after-uk-german-gdp-downrades\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fiona Cincotta\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8ef0fafb6c93f1204150bb907b42cfec\"},\"headline\":\"GBP\\\/EUR: Pair holds steady after UK &#038; 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