https://i9.ytimg.com/vi/mGPF-6SLrJ4/mqdefault.jpg?v=69c1094a&sqp=CJyXhM4G&rs=AOn4CLCZSxmHivVm3a-_d0L77BmLb_Q40AThe roots in the 2026 rate explosion could be traced again to a persistent source-need imbalance that started in 2021. Between 2021 and 2025, the global silver sector saw a cumulative deficit of somewhere around 800 million ounces—nearly