Reposting my comment <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11021613" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11021613</a> :<p>Well, Yellen recently said something along the lines of &#x27;being part of the team&#x27; and Bernanke claimed something similar in his book or talks iirc ( sorry, no references atm ).
The whole independent claim is just smoke and mirrors.