美元/新加坡元 (USDSGD) 加自选

2024年8月，美国现房销售额较上月下降2.5%，经季节性调整后的年率为386万套，略低于向上修正的396万套，这是今年第四次下降。尽管在此期间抵押贷款利率下降，导致现房销售价格中位数下降，从10200万美元降至416900美元，但仍出现了下降。未售出房屋库存上升，以最新速度微升至3.9个月的销售额，高于上月的3.6个月。在不同的地理区域中，南部、西部和东北部的现房销售下降。另一方面，中西部地区的销售额大致没有变化。

Existing home sales in the US fell by 2.5% from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 3.86 million in August of 2024, edging down from the upwardly revised 3.96 million sales, to mark the fourth decline of the year. The decline took place despite the drop in mortgage rates in the period, which contributed to a drop in the median existing-home sales price -$10,200 thousand to $416,900. Inventory of unsold housing rose and edged higher to the equivalent of 3.9 months of sales at the latest rate, picking up from 3.6 months from the earlier month. Among different geographical regions, existing-home sales fell in the South, West, and Northeast. On the other hand, sales in the Midwest were loosely unchanged.

在纽约，道琼斯指数周四上涨448点，涨幅1.08%。Salesforce（3.03%）、高盛（2.96%）和苹果（2.93%）领涨。

In New York, the Dow Jones Index is picking up 448 points or 1.08 percent on Thursday. Gains are led by Salesforce (3.03%), Goldman Sachs (2.96%) and Apple (2.93%).

US100指数升至4周高点19828.00点。在过去的4周里，美国100科技指数上涨了0.47%，在过去的12个月里，它上涨了32.34%。

US100 increased to a 4-week high of 19828.00 Index Points. Over the past 4 weeks, US 100 Tech Index gained 0.47%, and in the last 12 months, it increased 32.34%.

美国股市周四飙升，标准普尔500指数上涨1.6%，创下历史新高，道琼斯指数上涨520多点，也创下新纪录，纳斯达克指数上涨2.3%，交易员继续消化联邦公开市场委员会的最新决定。美联储大幅降息50个基点，这是四年来首次降低借贷成本，并表示今年和明年将进一步降息。与此同时，新的经济预测显示，央行仍认为美国经济稳步增长，同时下调了通胀预测。科技股表现最佳，而公用事业股则略低。Nvidia的股价上涨了近4%，其他大型应用也呈绿色，包括苹果（2%）、微软（2.3%）、亚马逊（1.9%）、Meta（2%）和Alphabet（2%）。银行股也上涨，即摩根大通（0.7%）、美国银行（1.4%）和富国银行（1.4%。

US stocks soared on Thursday, with the S&P 500 rising 1.6% to reach a record high level, the Dow Jones gaining over 520 points to also top a fresh record, and the Nasdaq jumping 2.3%, as traders continue to digest the latest FOMC decision. The Fed delivered a jumbo 50bps rate cut, the first decrease in borrowing costs in four years, and signaled further reductions ahead for this year and next. At the same time, new economic projections showed the central bank still sees the US economy growing steadily while revising its inflation forecasts lower. The tech was the best performing sector while utilities were slightly lower. Shares of Nvidia added almost 4% and other megacaps were also in the green, including Apple (2%), Microsoft (2.3%), Amazon (1.9%), Meta (2%) and Alphabet (2%). Bank shares were also higher, namely JPMorgan (0.7%), Bank of America (1.4%) and Wells Fargo (1.4%).