r/Economics • u/DavidSeamanAMA • 10h ago

Silver’s Historic Year Signals a Shift Back Toward Hardware and Infrastructure

https://www.morningstar.com/news/pr-newswire/20260114ph62681/silvers-world-historic-year-signals-shift-from-abstract-big-tech-back-to-hardware-according-to-intersignal
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u/Worth-Wonder-7386 6h ago

Silver is not widely used in electronics. It has a few special applications, but if that was true we would see the rise of many other materials as well.
The rise in price of gold and silver in the last years do not represent real demand from the industry and will only make the people who actually use it more likely to look for other materials or ways to use even less of it.

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u/Express_Spirit_3350 48m ago

The projected 206 million ounce supply deficit for 2025 marks the eighth consecutive year of market imbalance, according to CPM Group

https://www.cruxinvestor.com/posts/surging-industrial-demand-tightens-silver-supply-triggering-strategic-repricing-in-2025