Silver Futures Fall 5.6% as Hot U.S. Growth-Inflation Data.SilverTVC:SILVERKalaGhaziSilver futures fell 5.6% as a hotter-than-expected U.S. growth-inflation mix and an oil price spike tied to Hormuz drove a broad selloff in precious metals. Silver initially fell on Thursday in reaction to the data, and Friday’s decline extended that move, deepening the market’s response rather than reversing it. The core driver was the shift in interest-rate expectations. The data combination pointed to resilient growth alongside persistent inflation pressure, while the Hormuz oil spike added further upside risk to inflation. Together, these developments raised expectations for higher policy rates, which reduces the appeal of non-yielding assets such as precious metals. Because silver pays no yield, higher expected policy rates make holding it relatively less attractive compared with interest-bearing alternatives. The pressure was not confined to silver. Gold and platinum also declined, confirming that the move was metals-wide rather than silver-specific. That cross-metal weakness suggests investors were reacting to the broader macroeconomic backdrop—stronger growth, sticky inflation, higher oil prices, and firmer rate expectations—rather than to a silver-only development. Silver’s greater volatility amplified the broader precious-metals selloff after a key support level broke. Once that support gave way, the decline likely gained momentum as the market’s reaction was magnified by silver’s tendency to move more sharply than gold or platinum. Importantly, no silver-specific supply disruption or new CME margin increase was documented, reinforcing that the selloff was driven primarily by macro and technical factors rather than by a change in silver’s own supply-demand backdrop. Silver prices fell to 11-month lows amid the inflation concerns, as the combination of hotter growth-inflation data, the Hormuz oil spike, higher expected policy rates, cross-metal weakness, and the technical breakdown after support was broken weighed on the market.