By Anne Kauranen and Howard Schneider

HELSINKI (Reuters) -U.S. Federal Reserve vice chair Philip Jefferson, a potentially pivotal figure in President Donald Trump’s effort to appoint a majority of the Fed’s 7-member Board of Governors, said on Tuesday he has not yet considered whether to keep his board seat after his vice chair term ends in September 2027.

Separate from his 4-year stint as vice chair, Jefferson holds a board seat with a term that runs until 2036, well after Trump’s term ends following the 2028 presidential election.

“I have not given thought to that at all. My focus is to do the job that I currently have right now to the best of my ability,” Jefferson, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, said at an economics conference in Finland.

Asked about his plans, he said

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