Silver Ends September Lower

2026-09-30 13:21 By Joana Ferreira 1 min. read

Silver remained below $61 an ounce at the end of September, down around 8% for the month and close to its lowest level since early August.

Precious metals remained under pressure from elevated Treasury yields, while persistent energy-driven inflation and hawkish comments from Fed officials reinforced expectations of further policy tightening later this year.

Still, softer-than-expected US inflation data and relatively dovish remarks from New York Fed President John Williams eased expectations of another rate hike as soon as next month.

The PCE price index rose 0.3% in August, below expectations of 0.4%, while core PCE increased 0.2%, also below forecasts of 0.3%.

Year-on-year, headline PCE inflation stood at 3.4%, below expectations of 3.7%.

Williams said the Fed does not need to rush into another rate increase following this month’s hike.

Markets are now pricing in a below 40% chance of a 25 bps rate hike in October, down sharply from 70% last Friday.



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Silver Ends September Lower
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