China stops publishing data on youth unemployment as economic worries deepen

Worries are growing about the Chinese economy (Andy Wong/AP)

China’s government has stopped giving an update on a politically sensitive spike in unemployment among young people as official data showed an economic slump deepened in July.

Meanwhile, the central bank unexpectedly cut a key interest rate in a sign of growing official urgency about shoring up economic growth that fell sharply in the three months ending in June.