Higher energy prices would probably stabilize things..

It's the third world energy producers who can not afford to buy China's stuff..(where is that article I ran across.. will have to look for it..) which kicked this round off.  It's the plunge in Crude that is putting the hurt on..

imho.. and of course "I could be wrong."

like a yoo yoo.. Crude goes up.. Consumers go into recession.. Crude goes down... producers follow..

and so it goes..