Federal Reserve governor Adriana Kugler is stepping down from the central bank's board, giving President Donald Trump the chance to appoint an early replacement amid his monthslong campaign to badger Fed officials into lowering interest rates.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell should resign "just like" Fed Governer Adriana Kugler. Trump had earlier said he was firing U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer and claimed that the jobs data from this morning was "rigged.

President Donald Trump is calling for the Federal Reserve’s board of governors to usurp the power of Fed Chair Jerome Powell.