They do have a vested interest in suggesting that. They could hardly admit that the big strategy of the last 10 Years (much longer for Japan) has been a failure could they...
Whether they are or are not working is something that will become very apparent in the fulness of time...
The economy in the USA or the EU is booming so obviously it’s but fake news media speaking about recession...
Eu 2.2% economic growth on average in 2016/2017/2018
Same for the USA.