Energy prices are surging upward + uncertainty is at an all-time high—so the big players have already begun laying out plans for the next round of harvesting! When many people see this message, they only think it’s “ordinary news”—but in the big players’ eyes, this is a signal. The latest Beige Book has made it very clear: the overall economy of the United States is still “barely growing” (not strong, but not collapsing). The situation in Iran directly pushes energy prices up, and the whole market has started to enter an “uncertain phase.”