The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday, Sept. 25, edition that analysts at National Bank Financial believe the macroeconomic environment supports precious metal prices due to ongoing political uncertainty, declining real rates, persistent inflation and central banks continuing to be net purchasers. The Globe's David Leeder writes in the Eye On Equities column that the National Bank analysts continue to rate Endeavour Silver "outperform." The analysts gave their share target a $6 boost to $16. Analysts on average target the shares at $9.23. On Wednesday the bank reaffirmed its bullish outlook for prices in the months ahead. National Bank analyst Alex Terentiew says in a note: "Over the next few months, Endeavour Silver is set to deliver a significant, company-changing transformation as it's flagship Terronera mine ramps up and declares commercial production (anticipated within the coming weeks) and its newly acquired Kolpa mine is integrated into the company. These two new mines are set to deliver peer-leading growth, more than doubling production and significantly improving margins as asset quality improves."