China's youth unemployment is up and retail sales growth is weaker than expected
A line graph shows youth unemployment and retail sales growth on the same graph. The youth unemployment line starts around 15% in January 2022, rising to around 20% in July 2022 before fropping to 17% at the end of 2022 and rising again to above 20% in April 2023. Retail sales growth line starts at -6.7% in May 2022, moves into positive growth in June 2022 and drops below 0% again in October, back to -6% in November before rising to a peak of 18.4% in March 2023 and dropping again to 12.7% in April.