The central banks are now extracting money directly from national treasuries! You know what it reminds me of: the Lanz Bulldog tractor. A huge archaic design of a tractor that if it slowed down too much would reverse (!) polarity of the engine, and often times flip backwards and kill everyone on board.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pYeEotP_c3M&pp=ygUMbGFueiBidWxsZG9n