Monetary policy discussion in the US

Sounds like what we’ve been saying here.  From over there:

1. The Fed should have a single nominal target.
2. The Fed needs to be transparent and have specific and well-defined monetary policy goals.
3. The Fed should focus only on monetary policy, and regulation of the large banks.

From over here:

• At its heart, the consensus between the two main parties was to do with the target of monetary policy – monetary policy must be implemented by an independent Reserve Bank to ensure that inflation remains within a low and narrow band.
• Giving the Bank multiple instruments to simultaneously achieve multiple targets would be a recipe for confusion, and would ultimately damage its ability to achieve any of its targets
• Warping the Reserve Bank Act to focus on a multitude of different goals will not solve these underlying issues; it will just cloak the symptoms by damaging other sections of the economy