Even in extreme conditions, when financial
stability risks constrain monetary policy from achieving the inflation target over a reasonable time frame, a central bank would want to ensure that all macroprudential options were exhausted before trying to address those risks with monetary policy.
Calomiris proposes (1) internal governance reforms that would decentralize power within the Fed and promote diversity of thinking; (2) policy process reforms that would narrow the Fed's primary mandate to price
stability and require the Fed to adopt and disclose a systematic approach to monetary policy; and (3) other reforms that would
constrain the Fed's asset holdings and activities so as to avoid actions that conflict with its monetary policy mission and that
risk undermining its independence.