U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will decide on a nominee to fill a coming vacancy on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors by the end of the week, and had separately narrowed the possible replacements for Fed chair Jerome Powell to a short list of four.

WASHINGTON—President Trump ruled out tapping Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as chairman of the Federal Reserve. “I love Scott, but he wants to stay where he is,” Trump said during an interview with CNBC, adding that he would take him off the shortlist of candidates to succeed Fed Chair Jerome Powell when his term ends next year.

President Trump said he has four finalists in mind to replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell while ruling out Treasury Secretary Bessent as a possibility.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would "shortly" announce his pick for an open seat on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors and possibly his nominee to lead the U.S. central bank as well,

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.