U.S. Is Still Studying Ideal Way to Release Treasuries Trading Data

Craig Phillips, counselor to Mnuchin, speaks at Fed conference
Goal of ‘do no harm’ is still officials’ primary focus

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By Liz Capo McCormick

December 3, 2018 at 8:54 PM UTC

Updated on

December 3, 2018 at 9:31 PM UTC

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The U.S. government continues to study the best way to publicly release data on Treasuries trading, according to Craig Phillips, counselor to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

The idea has been under consideration for more than a year to unveil statistics that are currently being collected for regulators. But a decision has not yet been reached, in part because of the complexity of the data and gaps in the collection, Phillips said Monday at a Federal Reserve Bank of New York conference on the structure of the U.S. debt market.