Steven Englander, strategist at Standard Chartered in New York, said that if US President Donald Trump followed through on his threat to fire Federal Reserve chairperson Jerome Powell, it would cause inflation to rise, weaken the dollar and prompt money to flock to the euro, yen and Swiss franc. "Attempting to remove (or precipitate) Powell could lead to a significant increase in real risk premiums across inflation, the Treasury yield curve and other dollar asset markets," he said on April 2.