As Stellantis confronts problems with its vehicles, consumers confront a changing economic landscape. Source: bloomberg.com

Insurance premiums and $50K SUVs blind Americans to the illnesses and accidents that never happen. Source: washingtonpost.com

“One strategy of dissent still doesn’t make much sense to me — the move to shut down businesses for two full Fridays in January. How did stifling our own already shaky local economy send a message to the Department of Homeland Security?” Andy Brehm writes. Source: startribune.com

Friedrich Merz to meet Xi Jinping in Beijing as China overtakes US as country’s leading export destination Source: theguardian.com

Stakes in private companies. Handshake deals with chief executives. The president’s economic policy has drifted far from principles that long defined the Republican Party. Is it capitalism at all? Source: nytimes.com

State leaders are considering what could be a leap toward a decades-old goal of making the aerospace industry a big part of Hawaii’s economy. Source: staradvertiser.com