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Silver and Tin

Their prices have moved together.

Silver (commodity) and Tin (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: solder partner

Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways

Lead-free solder is mostly tin with small amounts of silver and copper, so electronics demand pulls on both, and both attract investment flows. Monthly changes correlate at 0.52 and yearly at 0.58, rising to 0.63 in the last five years.

  • 0.52 monthly change correlation
  • 0.58 12-month change correlation
  • 0.76 fitted elasticity

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