The latest Eurozone Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, analyzed in an original article by Fawad Razaqzada on ThinkMarkets, could play a decisive role in shaping the EUR/USD exchange rate into the second half of 2024 and potentially toward 2025 highs. As inflation figures remain central to monetary policy decisions, traders await this data release for clues on the European Central Bank’s (ECB) next moves and how these might influence the euro’s strength relative to the US dollar. The current market backdrop features a relatively narrow EUR/USD trading range amid diverging expectations between the ECB and the US Federal Reserve. Elevated core inflation in the Eurozone coupled with softer economic growth has posed challenges for the ECB, which seeks to curb inflation without stalling the economy. A headline CPI close to or above estimates near 2.5 percent could reinforce hawkish expectations and boost the euro, while a weaker-than-forecast print might raise bets on future ECB rate cuts and dampen the currency. Technically, EUR/USD has been contained below key resistance around 1.0900, with support near the 200-day moving average close to 1.0790. A decisive upside breakout fueled by strong inflation data could open the way toward the 2025 highs near