Some hopes emerged as investors focused on the Fed’s institutional strength.

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Apart from rattling financial markets, the president's announcement is likely to touch off an extensive legal battle that will probably go to the Supreme Court.

Global investors were shell-shocked after Trump struck another blow at the Federal Reserve's independence, caught between the concerns over politicisation of policy and the…

It's more important to have a dovish Fed than an independent one, investor Jay Hatfield told Fortune.

Some hopes emerged as investors focused on the Fed’s institutional strength.

The dynamic is dragging the dollar lower, in reaction to President Trump's interference in the Fed, weak growth, and inflation risk, according to analysts at Convera.