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The Latest Breaking News on Trump’s Powell threats sink stocks in rocky start to trading week

Trump’s Powell threats sink stocks in rocky start to trading week

A major concern: The future independence of the Federal Reserve.

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How stocks, bonds and other markets have fared so in 2025

Global financial markets have been turned upside down this year by President Donald Trump’s burgeoning trade war

The Independent UK

Even fellow critics of the Federal Reserve want Trump to back off Powell as stocks and the dollar both slide

When politics interferes with the central bank’s ability to set monetary policy, inflation tends to be the result.

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Rate cut on horizon amid fears of more stock turmoil

Donald Trump's latest attack on a pillar of the global economy could renew market stress as Australian homeowners eye a supersized rate cut.

AAP

Bitcoin rebounds as the U.S. dollar weakens and Trump feuds with Fed Chair Jerome Powell

Bitcoin touches $87,000 as Trump’s feud with the Federal Reserve triggers economic uncertainty.

Fortune

US stock markets fall again as Trump calls Fed chair ‘a major loser’

President amps up attacks against Jerome Powell, pushing him to lower interest rates to offset impact of tariffs

The Guardian - US

‘Peak uncertainty’ may have passed since Trump pressed pause on tariffs, but Fundstrat’s Tom Lee fears we may not have reached ‘maximum pain’

“We’re now in a de-escalation mode when it comes to the tariffs,” UBS’s Evan Brown added.

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Stocks Plummet as Fed Independence is Challenged

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -2.36%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -2.32%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -2.52%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM25 ) are down -2.37%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

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Dollar Tumbles and Gold Soars to a Record High on Concern Over Fed Independence

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is down -0.94% and fell to a new 3-year low. The dollar is selling off today on a renewed crisis of confidence in the dollar after National Economic Council Director Hassett said President Trump was contemplating the possibility of firing Fed Chair Powell. The...

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Stocks Sink on Possible Threats to Fed Independence

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -1.37%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -1.23%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -1.59%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM25 ) are down -1.33%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

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Chicago Fed Chief Warns Against Political Interference in Central Bank Decisions

Chicago Fed Chief Austan Goolsbee defends the independence of the Federal Reserve amid President Trump's push to remove Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

International Business Times

Can Trump fire Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell?

The US president and the man he appointed to head the central bank are at loggerheads over interest rates

The Guardian - US

Stocks Set to Open Sharply Lower After Trump’s Push Against Powell, U.S. Economic Data and Tech Earnings in Focus

June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM25) are down -1.09%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM25) are down -1.23% this morning, pointing to a sharply lower open on Wall Street as U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to fire Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell weighed on sentiment.

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Global markets: Investors continue to flee the U.S. as analysts predict tariff-induced recession

This year, the dollar has lost nearly 10% of its value against the DXY, an index of commonly traded foreign currencies, as investors pull away from U.S. economic uncertainty.

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