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Precious metals Watch – Will silver continue to catch up?

PublicationNatural resources
23 August 2019, 2:00 am

In this publication: Silver prices have underperformed gold this year, but they have recently caught up. It is unlikely that this catch-up will resume before the end of 2020, because we expect weaker global growth and weaker global trade. But there is a limit to relative silver price weakness compared to gold.

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Georgette Boele

Georgette Boele

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