US futures slip while Asian shares gain as Fed chair Powell faces legal threat

U.S. futures slipped but markets in Asia advanced Monday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the Department of Justice had served the central bank with subpoenas. The threat of a criminal indictment over Powell’s testimony about the Fed’s building renovations is the latest escalation in President Donald Trump’s feud with the Fed. Trump has criticized the Fed’s $2.5 billion renovation of two office buildings as excessive. The future for the Nasdaq composite index slipped 0.8%.