Global markets are nervous following President Donald Trump's announcement to attempt to remove Federal Reserve Governor, Lisa Cook, shaking confidence in the independence of the central bank; the dollar falls, stock futures decline, and bond yields rise. In Japan, the Ministry of Finance requested a record budget of $220 billion for debt service in the next fiscal year. Additionally, the abrupt 16% drop in Ørsted's shares was driven by the suspension of its wind project for alleged national security reasons under the Trump administration.

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