Our intent is not to criticise the State Department. They have never claimed that the INCSR is any sort of AML ratings tool, but it is simply a statutory requirement under relevant American legislation. At any rate, in the INCSR universe, The Bahamas is on the list, as are 75 percent of the countries considered by the State Department.
BIS central bankers’ speeches  1  points to at least some ongoing role for slack in helping to explain movements in inflation, this influence is typically estimated to be modest in magnitude, and can easily be masked by other factors. 2 In the first instance, as already noted, core inflation can to some extent be influenced by oil prices.