Remarks of Deputy Secretary Justin Muzinich at the 2019 US Treasury Market Structure Conference

INTRODUCTIONGood morning. It is great to be here to speak on behalf of the U.S. Treasury. I would first like to thank the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for co-hosting the conference with us. They have put a lot of work into organizing an excellent event. The conference has become one of the key venues for Treasury to engage with the broader financial community, and I am glad to see so many senior market professionals and policy officials in the audience.I would like to break my remarks today into two parts. The first will briefly cover a few of the Treasury Department’s broad priorities within domestic and international finance, including housing finance reform, CFIUS reform, digital taxation, and cryptocurrency. The second part will focus on our latest thinking on the market for U.S.