
Critics of Fed independence argue
A) that it is undemocratic to have monetary policy controlled by an elite group responsible to no one.
B) that an independent Fed conducts monetary policy with a consistent inflationary bias.
C) that the Fed, since it does not face a binding budget constraint, spends too much of its earnings.
D) only A and B of the above.
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