Trump’s Escalating Feud With Jerome Powell Shakes Currency and Gold Markets

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Why it matters

The US dollar has fallen and gold prices have risen following an escalation in Donald Trump's feud with Jerome Powell, with the President launching a criminal investigation into the Federal Reserve and its chair.

Expected market reaction

Bearish Confidence 80% How confidence is read Horizon: Short term Impact: Moderate

Market impact analysis based on bearish sentiment with 80% confidence.

Evidence trail

Evidence
Source OilPrice.com
Claim Trump’s Escalating Feud With Jerome Powell Shakes Currency and Gold Markets
AI inference Bearish · 80%
Generated 2026-01-12 18:00

AI provenance

Analysed by Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) Methodology v1.0 Generated
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groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
Analysis version
groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
Article id
31610

Original source

The dollar sold off and gold rallied on Monday, after Donald Trump ramped up his assault on the Federal Reserve by opening an unprecedented criminal investigation into the central bank and its chair, Jerome Powell. The US dollar fell some 0.36 per cent against a basket of major currencies, while the spot rate of gold climbed as much as 1.9 per cent as traders digested the President’s most dramatic salvo of a long-running feud with the Fed and its chair. Powell revealed that the US Justice Department had served the Fed with grand jury subpoenas…

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Original article published by OilPrice.com on January 12, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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