Stagflation to Terrorize the Economy in 2023. The silver and gold markets were off to an excellent start in the first few days of the year's trading before squeezing under market pressure on Thursday but then rebound in the early morning of Friday. A weak but not entirely positive jobs report has raised hopes for more rate hikes by the Federal Reserve and boosted the U.S. dollar on foreign exchange markets. Metals futures traders responded to the market by selling yesterday only to revert and purchase today. Investors usually take a look at the initial trading days of a new…