• Steady after closing down 0.25% with the USD up 0.05%, EUR/JPY -0.9%

• A release of the debt brake could pull Germany out of its current slump

• Expect tight year-end ranges, with no significant Eurozone data offshore

• Charts - neutral daily momentum studies, 21-day Bollinger bands ease

• Mixed 5, 10 & 21-DMAs, weekly moving averages fall - a modest bearish bias

• Yesterday's 1.0458 high, then the Dec 17th 1.0535 top are initial resistance

• November 1.0331 2024 low, then 1.0195 0.618% 2022/23 rise are first supports

• 1.0450 462 mln are the only close significant strikes for Dec 31st
Andy

(Andrew Spencer is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.)