New York (AFP) – The pound fell on Friday after under-fire British Prime Minister Liz Truss sacked her finance minister and made a dramatic policy U-turn, while an equity rally ran out of steam. The yen struck a new three-decade dollar low as a rise in US inflation expectations cemented expectations of more hefty Federal Reserve rate hikes. Truss sacked finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng as pressure mounted on her government following last month’s big-spending, tax-slashing mini-budget, which spooked markets. The September 23 budget sent the pound tumbling to a record dollar low, near parity with…