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Strong month for metals not a sign of things to come

May was a strong month for the prices of most metals, but we suspect that this may be as good as it gets. After all, if we’re right in expecting economic growth in China to slow in the second half of this year, the prices of most industrial metals are likely to end the year lower. Meanwhile, the recent rise in the gold price has been far larger than is implied by the fall in real yields, and we think that the gold price will come under renewed downward pressure in the months ahead as real yields start to creep higher.

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