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Precious metals prices have been performing strongly over the past few weeks and one of the reasons behind this is the fear that seemingly ever-rising inflation may force the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates rather sooner than it has so far been indicating.
There is evidence that real inflation may be running at up to as much as 4% or more, and if so, the Fed might be forced to take action sooner rather than later to prevent inflation levels from rising out of control.