Will Silver and Platinum Outperform Gold in the Near Future? | The Daily Gold

Will Silver and Platinum Outperform Gold in the Near Future? | The Daily Gold

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The New York Times reported on a growing phenomenon in Europe: “suicide by economic crisis.” Apparently people are taking their own lives in despair over unemployment and economic failure. Paul Krugman in his column in the New York Times wonders if it isn’t the case that European leaders are committing economic suicide for the Continent as a whole.

Just a few months ago I was feeling some hope about Europe. You may recall that late last fall Europe appeared to be on the verge of financial meltdown; but the European Central Bank, Europe’s counterpart to the Fed, came to the Continent’s rescue. It offered Europe’s banks open-ended credit lines as long as they put up the bonds of European governments as collateral; this directly supported the banks and indirectly supported the governments, and put an end to the panic.