On Friday we <a href="https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/08/the-daily-chart-china-syndrome.php">noted here</a> one of the signs of severe economic distress in China—the rising unemployment among young Chinese. Over the weekend a number of other data indicators came across the transom, starting with this series on deflation in China from <a href="https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/08/09/2023/semafor-flagship">Semafor</a>:

The second theme to take up is the ongoing “decoupling” of the U.S. and China. The <em>Wall Street Journal</em> did a chart feature (how handy for us!) over the weekend about how we are “<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-u-s-and-china-are-breaking-up-in-charts-282bd878?mod=Searchresults_pos1&amp;page=1">breaking up</a>” with China, and &nbsp;here are some of the revealing visuals:

On Friday we noted here one of the signs of severe economic distress in China—the rising unemployment among young Chinese. Over the weekend a number of other data indicators came across the transom, starting with this series on deflation in China from Semafor: The second theme to take up is the ongoing 'decoupling' of the U.S. and China. The Wall Street Journal did a chart feature (how handy for us!){ai:summary}<p>Recent data indicators in China show signs of severe economic distress, including rising unemployment among young Chinese and deflation. Additionally, there is an ongoing "decoupling" between the U.S. and China, as highlighted by a chart feature in The Wall Street Journal. #economy</p>

The Daily Chart: China Syndrome 2

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