"...world's finace ministers predicting..."

Not to discount the possibility, but these people are also professional liars. Historically, they will deny a pending change in the direction of intrest rates (or other forms of monitary control/easing) right up the very morning they announce just such a move.

The fact is, their first order of business is self preservation, and I believe they will continue the selective creation of financial & ecomonic bubbles to help them through whatever lies ahead. If so, this may help to explain why metals hoards are expanding globally, especially in those countries who most want to move away from the dollar as support for their currency reserves.

Don't believe reports about expanding supplies of some metals leading to lower prices - progaganda, in my opinion, and further evidence that the press in gereral is much less honorable than it ever was.