British News Agency

According to market analysts, various long-term dynamics continue to keep silver prices reasonably high and may even push them higher for some time.

Analysts point out that last October marked the third time in 50 years that silver prices hit a peak. Previous highs occurred in January 1980 and in 2011 after the U.S. debt-ceiling crisis, when silver and gold were seen as safe-haven assets.

Unlike previous investment waves, analysts attribute the silver boom in 2025 to a combination of low supply and high demand from India, industrial needs, and customs tariffs. Despite rising gold prices, silver initially declined slightly, pushing the gold-silver ratio above 100.

“Risk managers at financial and industrial institutions did not want any metal leaving the United States, fearing that prices could fall back — for example, by 35%,” they noted.