ECB minutes: What they really tell us
“The ECB has finally begun releasing the minutes of its policymaking meetings, something the world’s major central banks have been doing since the 1990s. This column asks whether the publication of these minutes increases ECB transparency. While providing useful information on analysis at the ECB, the minutes lack the details on the actual discussions and the voting behaviour of committee members that the minutes of the Fed, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan provide. They thus constitute just the first step, albeit a very welcome one, towards ECB transparency.”
http://www.voxeu.org/article/ecb-minutes-what-they-really-tell-us