Problems and issues lying on our tables were of a magnitude and complexity we had not seen in living memory. Central banks had to be bold in their actions and decisions, while maintaining independence as monetary authorities.
Being independent gives central banks autonomy for policy making to sustain macroeconomic  1/4  BIS - Central bankers' speeches  stability, and to attain this very objective they had to look in the same direction as their governments to salvage the economy during the pandemic.