151–62; or, more recently, Christopher Crowe and Ellen E. Meade (2008), “Central Bank Independence and Transparency: Evolution and Effectiveness,” European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 24 (December), pp. 763–77. See Ben S. Bernanke (2010), “Central Bank Independence, Transparency, and Accountability,” at the Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies International Conference, Bank of Japan, Tokyo (May 25), for further discussion and references.
7  See the reports available on the Board’s webpage, “Credit and Liquidity Programs and the Balance Sheet.”  8  See Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Office of Inspector General (2010), The Federal Reserve’s Section 13(3) Lending Facilities to Support Overall Market Liquidity: Function, Status, and Risk Management (1.5 MB PDF) (Washington: Board of Governors OIG, November).