By contrast, the BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has nine members, four of whom are appointed from outside the bank, and all votes are individually recorded; nobody is allowed to hide behind an institutional view. The Fed does not keep a voting record, but “dissents” from its major decisions are noted (these were almost unheard of when Alan Greenspan was Chairman, but have since become more common).
欧洲央行不发布投票记录，并且在总理事会（General Council）会议上寻求达成共识。相反，英格兰银行货币政策委员会（MPC）有九名成员，其中四名在英格兰银行外部人士中任命，所有成员的投票都会必须个人做出，不得代表机构观点。美联储不保留投票记录，但其主要决策的“持异见者”会被披露（在艾伦·格林斯潘（Alan Greenspan）任美联储主席期间几乎没有持异见者，而在最近持异见者变得普遍起来）。