That is why the Fed has been taking steps to become more transparent: it releases the minutes of Federal Open Market Committee meetings and publishes transcripts with appropriate delay, while FOMC members give speeches detailing their views. Moreover, in a recent innovation, the Fed now publishes the inflation and interest-rate forecasts of FOMC members and Reserve Bank presidents.
美联储的官员明白只有在公众舆论的法庭上为自身行为承担责任，它才能保持独立。这也是美联储采取措施增加透明度的原因：它发布了美国联邦公开市场委员会会议记录以及在适当延迟后发布了会议的文字记录，同时委员会成员纷纷发言对自身观点进行了详细阐述。此外，近期的革新则是美联储发布了委员会成员以及储备银行各总裁对通货膨胀和利率的预测。