On Wednesday morning, as markets worldwide shuddered on news that President Donald Trump was likely to fire Jerome Powell, James van Geelen at Citrini Research wasted no time in blasting a “macro trade” alert to his some 50,

President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to escalate his attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a step investor call dangerous.

Russell T. Vought, the head of the Office of Management and Budget, said he and other administration officials wanted access to the Fed’s building in Washington.

President Trump on Monday lobbed another broadside at Fed Chair Jerome Powell in an invective-laced note scrawled on a list of central bank interest rates around the world — accusing him of costing “the USA a fortune.

President Donald Trump has frequently voiced dissatisfaction with the Fed’s “wait-and-see" approach to lowering interest rates under Powell.