In a split with a top economic adviser, Mitt Romney said today he would not re-appoint Ben Bernanke to another term as chairman of the Federal Reserve.

"I would like to select ... a new person to that chairman position, someone who shared my economic views, someone that I thought was sympathetic to the needs of our nation," Romney told Fox Business Network.

Bernanke's second term expires January 2014. He was first appointed to the post by President George W. Bush and then re-appointed by President Obama.

Earlier this week, Romney adviser Glenn Hubbard told Reuters that Bernanke's motives should not be questioned by politicians even if they are in disagreement.

"Ben is a model technocrat. He gets paid nothing for getting kicked around all the time. I think they ought to pat him on the back," Hubbard told Reuters.

During the GOP presidential primary debates in the spring, Romney said he wanted to replace Bernanke in part because he believed the Fed chief "overinflated the amount of currency he has created."

Romney told Fox Business Network that he wants the U.S. central bank to focus on "maintaining the monetary stability that leads to a strong dollar and confidence that America is not going to go down the road that other nations have gone down to peril."