US Financial Hegemony & Silver Price Decline | am730

The price of silver rose sharply last year, rising nearly one and a half times in just one year. Entering 2026, the rise in silver prices has not slowed down, but has further intensified; January has not yet passed, and the increase has exceeded 40%. If this rise continues, the price of silver will not only stabilize above $100 an ounce, but will also have the opportunity to reach $200 an ounce. Some enterprising analysts even expect silver prices to break through the $300 an ounce mark.

This development should not be welcomed by the United States, because it will mean a depreciation of the U.S. dollar, making it more difficult to sell U.S. debt, which is very detrimental to the United States, which relies on borrowing to survive. In addition, silver has more and more industrial uses, and the demand for high-end technology is particularly strong. If the price of silver rises too quickly, it will hinder the United States’ leading position in many high-end technologies. Under normal circumstances, the United States should use the futures market to suppress the rise in silver prices to safeguard its own interests.

In the past, the United States has been very successful in this regard, because the world’s largest commodity futures market is in the United States, and the rules of the game are set by the United States, which can selectively introduce some favorable or unfavorable policies. Since the trading volume of the futures market is much larger than that of the spot market, market participants all rely on the price of the futures market, resulting in a greater dominance of the price of the futures market. If so, the United States can adjust commodity prices by adjusting the futures market.

The United States has a lot of money and speculators, so there is also a lot of trading in the futures market. Whether sellers or buyers, it is easy to find someone to take over here and find someone to bid. Therefore, the ability to gather customers is particularly strong, and the transaction price is especially low. The futures market has become the main financial tool for the United States to dominate the world.

In the 1970s, when the Hengda Brothers attempted to make huge profits in the futures market by controlling spot silver, they failed due to a sharp increase in margins in the New York futures market and ended up bankrupt.

In the face of this rise in silver prices, the New York Futures Exchange has not taken action. It has raised the margin of silver futures contracts five times, but the effect has been ineffective. The reason is that the U.S.’s national strength is no longer what it used to be. Trump relies solely on intimidation, and other countries are unwilling to buy it.

The U.S. power is strong, the capacity of consumption is great and the market is greatly absorbed; The largest buyer of real silver is China and India, the former has industrial purposes, the latter has a preference for the Nationals of the Nationals, and Fu Yu likes to buy silver. The US pressure low-term silver result is Yi Yi, two countries, the speculator in the New York futures market with low-priced buying period silver, after receiving the goods to China and India to make a premium. US own instead of in stock white silver use.

On the other hand, the world’s largest silver-producing country did not cooperate with the United States. Instead of increasing production, it turned around and reduced production, making the shortage of silver more serious. As a result, silver prices rose like a wild horse. The United States has so far failed to rein in this wild horse.

This surge in silver prices reflects that the United States’ ability to control financial markets is no longer what it used to be. I believe that the United States will definitely think twice when choosing financial weapons to deal with other countries in the future, otherwise it will only make a fool of itself.