Economics
China’s True Unemployment Pain Masked by Official Data
- Unchanged jobless rate at odds with alternative data sources
- Labor market woes add to calls for stimulus as growth weakens
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China’s steady jobless rate is masking pain in the labor market that leaders will find hard to ignore as they look to stimulate the economy in a crucial political year.