I think you will find that when the economy slows, the central banks lend more at cheaper rates to the banks as has happened since '08. When it all finally hits the fan, they then attempt to call the debts in and take over the assets that have been used to secure the loans. This is the current form of the Keynesian system at work, the same short sighted view that markets can be controlled by stopping short selling. These things "might" work in the short term in both cases but without fixing the underlying issues in any economy or market, all it ends up doing is building up more problems that compound in severity the longer it is put off. Every countries data numbers are BS. The US can hide it better because of the reserve currency status. Sociopaths always rise to the top, regardless of the form of government.