As we begin the last month of the first quarter of 2022, WTI (as of this writing) is at $91.35/barrel, Brent is at $ 92.72/barrel, and the Biden administration continues its campaign to limit oil and gas exploration.

Although the booming impact of surging prices will hit the pockets of America’s individual and group buyers, this will have the opposite effect on the thousands of companies with brands in the stock markets.

With the holiday season behind us and Congress back session, we are entering the second month of the first quarter of 2022 with continued uncertainty. 

While President Biden and other world leaders met again to discuss clean air progress, all major nations, especially Europe, applauded America in its progress.

A number of trucking groups led by the American Trucking Associations filed a lawsuit Nov. 9 against the Biden administration over its vaccine mandate for large employers.

Canada’s gross domestic product shrunk in the second quarter as the same supply-chain distribution issues affecting other countries are hitting Canada, too. Its exports were plunging at the rate of 15 percent during the second quarter.

Whenever a client speaks to me for the first time about a potential construction case, I almost always ask them to prepare a “back of the envelope” timeline. 

Of all energy-producing commodities, coal has always been the most disliked, primarily because it’s the most putrid as far as fume-producing fuels.

By the time this article is published and The Wholesaler magazine is delivered, we will be midway through the fourth quarter of 2021. The PVF industry continues to face many uncertainties, as mentioned in last month’s column. 

While the economic recovery maintains growing profits, major U.S. banks anticipate one of their biggest profit years ahead — such as major players J.P. Morgan Chase and Co. and Citigroup.