Trump's announcement that he was firing Fed Governor Lisa Cook surprised markets, even though he had made clear last week that Cook was a target and has for months attacked Chair Jerome Powell as part of his campaign to get the Fed to cut interest rates.
"It's another crack in the edifice of the United States and its investibility," said Kyle Rodda, a senior financial market analyst at Capital.com in Melbourne.
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By Kevin Buckland and Vidya Ranganathan
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