International

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

The economic and health impact of COVID-19 will be one factor playing into many elections this year

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

The green energy transition is increasing demand for aluminium and also creating a power crunch that is limiting supply

The experiences of Japan and South Korea suggest that China’s GDP growth will slow for another decade