Her resignation now paves the way for Trump to put his own nominee in for the Board of Governors. Two of his prior appointments, Christopher Waller and Michelle Bowman, voted against the decision at Wednesday's meeting to hold the Fed's key rate steady, instead indicating they wanted to lower.

The Fed opted against cutting rates, but a rare dissent from two governors says the central bank risks being too late amid a cooling labor market.

Two Federal Reserve governors who favored an interest rate cut at the U.S. central bank's policy meeting this week said on Friday they did so largely due to rising concerns about the job market, in statements made public right before the release of hiring data that bolstered their position.