President Donald Trump’s attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell are so commonplace at this point that they barely register in financial markets these days. The rapidly intensifying multi-pronged efforts by Trump’s advisers to amplify and expand on Trump’s attacks are a good reason to rethink that indifference.

A top White House budget official said President Trump is "troubled" by Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell's management, as Mr. Trump pressures him over interest rates.

The Trump administration’s intensifying campaign against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hit a boiling point Thursday.

A dispute over the Federal Reserve’s renovation of its headquarters could provide the pretext to attempt the removal of Fed chief Jerome Powell over interest-rate disagreements.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as Jerome Powell, his nominee at the time to lead the U.S. Federal Reserve, moves to the podium at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 2, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

The president’s attacks on the independence of the Federal Reserve could further harm the dollar’s status as the preeminent international reserve currency, making credit dearer rather than cheaper.