International

Euro-area and US unemployment fell in late 2021 but job market strains will keep central banks cautious

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of digital art and collectibles are attracting growing interest

Euro-area consumer inflation rose by 5% in December, the most since 1991; energy prices rose by 26%

Several countries and major businesses want a reliable and transparent vaccine certification scheme to ease mobility

The US, UK, Japanese and Chinese services PMIs for December signpost reasonably robust activity ahead

The services PMI dipped in December in the euro-area and India on weaker trade but cost rises are stabilising

The PMIs show that export-oriented manufacturing is softening slightly and, more positively, that costs are plateauing

China has complained that two SpaceX satellites nearly collided with its space station