{"id":151034,"date":"2026-04-16T16:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=151034"},"modified":"2026-04-16T16:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:42:12","slug":"nordfx-morning-update-april-14-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=151034","title":{"rendered":"NORDFX MORNING UPDATE | April 14, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>MACRO PICTURE<\/strong> The US-Iran conflict continues to dominate global markets. After weekend peace talks collapsed and President Trump ordered a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, risk appetite took a hit. However, markets are now cautiously hopeful\u200a\u2014\u200aIran signalled willingness to resume negotiations. All eyes today are on the <strong>US March PPI<\/strong>, released at 8:30 AM ET, a key input for Fed policy expectations.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <strong>US INFLATION<\/strong> March CPI came in at <strong>3.3% YoY<\/strong>\u200a\u2014\u200athe highest since May 2024\u200a\u2014\u200awith a monthly surge of <strong>0.9%<\/strong>, the steepest since mid-2022, driven by energy costs. The <strong>Fed holds rates at 3.50%\u20133.75%<\/strong>, with no cuts priced in for the near\u00a0term.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcb1 <strong>FOREX<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa <strong>EUR\/USD: ~1.1729<\/strong>\u200a\u2014\u200arecovering above 1.17 as the USD loses some safe-haven momentum. ECB next meets April 30, with markets pricing ~26% chance of a\u00a0hike.\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 <strong>GBP\/USD: ~1.3461<\/strong>\u200a\u2014\u200aholding above key support at 1.3200; modest bullish signals on technicals.\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5 <strong>USD\/JPY: ~159.25<\/strong>\u200a\u2014\u200ayen under pressure; BoJ holds rates at\u00a00.75%.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udee2\ufe0f <strong>OIL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WTI: ~$97.45\/bbl<\/strong> \u2b07\ufe0f (-1.64%)\u200a\u2014\u200apulling back from a spike above $104 after the blockade announcement; markets trimming positions on renewed Iran-US dialogue hopes. OPEC+ output fell <strong>7.9M bbl\/day<\/strong> in March due to Hormuz\u00a0closure.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd47 <strong>GOLD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>XAU\/USD: ~$4,703<\/strong> \u2b07\ufe0f\u200a\u2014\u200adown ~1% from yesterday, paring last week\u2019s gains amid reassessment of Fed rate path. Still <strong>+47% YoY<\/strong>. Range today: $4,701\u2013$4,761.<\/p>\n<p>\u20bf <strong>CRYPTO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BTC: ~$68,300<\/strong> \u2b07\ufe0f\u200a\u2014\u200aunder pressure, down ~1.6%, with Fear &amp; Greed Index at 12 (\u201cExtreme Fear\u201d). Geopolitical uncertainty and sticky inflation weigh on risk assets. Watch: <strong>Paris Blockchain Week<\/strong> kicks off tomorrow (Apr 15\u201316), with President Macron scheduled to speak on digital\u00a0assets.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccc <strong>KEY EVENT TODAY<\/strong> \ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f <strong>US March PPI\u200a\u2014\u200a8:30 AM ET<\/strong> A hotter print \u2192 USD strength, gold &amp; BTC pressure. A softer print \u2192 risk-on relief rally. This data also shapes the upcoming PCE inflation estimate, critical for Fed guidance.<\/p>\n<p>\u26a0\ufe0f <em>Trading involves significant risk. Past performance is not indicative of future results. This is not investment advice.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 <strong>NordFX<\/strong> | Trade smarter, not\u00a0harder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/coinmonks\/nordfx-morning-update-april-14-2026-acef8c16573b\">\ud83c\udf05 NORDFX MORNING UPDATE | April 14, 2026<\/a> was originally published in <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/coinmonks\">Coinmonks<\/a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf0d MACRO PICTURE The US-Iran conflict continues to dominate global markets. After weekend peace talks collapsed and President Trump ordered a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, risk appetite took a hit. However, markets are now cautiously hopeful\u200a\u2014\u200aIran signalled willingness to resume negotiations. All eyes today are on the US March PPI, released at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":151035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151034"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/151035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}