March 14 (Reuters) – Sterling lost some ground versus the dollar on Friday after data painted a grim picture of the British economy, and it softened against the euro as prospects of a German debt deal lifted the shared European currency. That sent the euro up 0.5% on the pound to 84.225 pence. British gross domestic product contracted unexpectedly by 0.1% in January compared with December. Analysts have seen the pound as a relative safe haven as U.S. The British pound fell as much as 0.25% to $1.2918 before clawing its way back up to $1.2943. Dominic Bunning, global forex strategist at Nomura. After enjoying its biggest weekly gains against the dollar in more than two years last week, sterling is set to eke out another 0.1% rise this week. Donald Trump escalates a global trade war, due to the more balanced trading position between Britain and the U.S. Unlike the European Union, Britain has refrained from announcing tit-for-tat tariffs against the U.S. Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs came into force on Wednesday. The euro rallied on Friday as German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz reached an agreement with the Greens on a massive increase in state borrowing in Europe’s largest economy, sources close to the negotiations said. The British public’s expectations for inflation in the long run rose in February to their highest level in more than five years, a Bank of England survey showed on Friday, likely underscoring its cautious approach to cutting rates. Analysts said they do not expect the weak reading to lead to the Bank of England turning dovish on interest rates. But it was still not far off its four-month peak of $1.2990 hit on Wednesday.

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