Trump on Thursday announced he has selected Stephen Miran, chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, to serve on the central bank.

Miran has been a major defender of Trump’s income tax cuts and tariff hikes. He also has played down the risk of Trump’s tariffs generating higher inflation.

P resident Trump said he would nominate Stephen Miran, the head of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, to fill a vacancy on the Federal Reserve’s board of governors on a short-term basis. Trump tapped Miran in December to lead the CEA, and he was confirmed by the Senate to his current post in March.