To soften this a little bit, and I mean a very little. The youth unemployment numbers are hard to judge, could be right but it is hard to tell on the outside.

To soften this a little bit, and I mean a very little. The youth unemployment numbers are hard to judge, could be right but it is hard to tell on the outside. The fertility figures are a long term issue, China is not alone in that but something to keep an eye on. Those import/export figures... now that is the the most telling of how the economy is fairing nowadays. For all the speculation I have heard for decades, that is the most alarming stat I have seen. That is where the rubber meets the road for an economy that is so depended on those things to keep society function vaguely well. Stay tuned...