Traditionally, our bearish view on industrial metals, informed by China’s struggling property sector, would lead us to expect weakness in silver demand and prices. But given the growing use of silver in fast-growing and non-cyclical sectors, as well as sluggish supply growth, we think silver prices will rise over the next two years, outperforming both gold and the consensus forecast in the process.
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