The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has often been presented as a pioneer in making monetary policy transparent. But, from an early stage, the transparency that resulted from the early publication of who voted for and against rate increases led to a public identification of members of the Committee as hawks or doves.
由于货币政策观念上的分歧明朗化了，货币政策的制定也就要求更广泛的政治辩论和更多的政治介入。英格兰银行的货币政策委员会常常被视作货币政策透明化的先驱。长期以来，委员会成员谁对加息投了赞成票，谁投了反对票都会被及早披露，可谓高度透明。然而，恰恰是这种透明度，使得公众能够把委员会成员某些归入鹰派，某些归入鸽派。