Last week, Adriana Kugler, one of the seven members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, announced her resignation. That means that President Donald Trump will have the opportunity to nominate a new member, who will then face the U.S. Senate for confirmation.

President Donald Trump plans to fill two important economic vacancies in the next 3-4 days, he said Sunday. The BLS commissioner and a vacancy on the Fed board.

President Donald Trump said he will announce a new Federal Reserve governor and a new jobs data statistician in the coming days, two appointments that may shape his economic agenda amid anxiety over the trajectory of global growth.

As was widely expected, Fed policymakers on Wednesday left the central bank's overnight rate unchanged at a range of 4.25% to 4.5%.

A bubbling movement to overhaul the Fed is ready to seize the moment. Big changes are in store for the central bank.

Although the modestly firmer PCE inflation trend is still middling, the back-to-back increases may persuade the Fed to again forgo a cut in interest rates at the next policy meeting.