EIA石油状况报告的数据显示，截至2024年10月18日的一周，美国原油库存增加了547.4万桶，高于市场预期的70万桶。此外，汽油库存增加87.8万辆，而预测为减少160万辆。另一方面，俄克拉荷马州库欣交付中心的原油库存在连续四周增加后下降了34.6万桶。包括柴油和取暖油在内的馏分油库存下降了114万桶，而普遍认为下降了200万桶。

Crude oil inventories in the US rose by 5.474 million barrels in the week ended October 18, 2024, above market expectations of a 0.7 million increase, data from the EIA Petroleum Status Report showed. Also, gasoline stocks went up by 0.878 million, against forecasts of a 1.6 million decline. On the other hand, crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub down by 0.346 million barrels, after four consecutive weeks of increases. Distillate stockpiles, which include diesel and heating oil, dropped by 1.14 million barrels, compared with consensus of a 2 million drop.

9月份美国现房销售（月环比）低于预测（390万）：实际（384万）。9月份美国现房销售（月环比）低于预测（390万）：实际（384万）

United States Existing Home Sales (MoM) below forecasts (3.9M) in September: Actual (3.84M).United States Existing Home Sales (MoM) below forecasts (3.9M) in September: Actual (3.84M)

2024年9月，美国现房销售较上月下降1%，经季节性调整后的年化率为384万套，为2010年10月以来的最低水平，此前8月上调了388万套，低于390万套的预测。东北部（-4.2%）、中西部（-2.2%）和南部（-1.7%）的销售额下降，但西部（4.1%）的销售额上升。现房销售价格中位数连续第三个月下降，从8月份的414200美元降至404500美元。NAR首席经济学家Lawrence Yun表示：“在过去的12个月里，房屋销售基本上停留在400万套左右，但通常与房屋销售增加相关的因素正在发展。消费者有更多的库存选择，抵押贷款利率比一年前低，经济中的就业机会也在持续增加。”。

Existing home sales in the US fell 1% from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 3.84 million in September 2024, the lowest level since October 2010, following an upwardly revised 3.88 million in August and below forecasts of 3.9 million. Sales declined in the Northeast (-4.2%), the Midwest (-2.2%) and the South (-1.7%) but rose in the West (4.1%). The median existing-home sales price declined for a third consecutive month to $404,500 from $414,200 in August. "Home sales have been essentially stuck at around a four-million-unit pace for the past 12 months, but factors usually associated with higher home sales are developing. There are more inventory choices for consumers, lower mortgage rates than a year ago and continued job additions to the economy", according to NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun.

美国股市周三下跌，标准普尔500指数连续第三个交易日下跌0.4%，道琼斯指数下跌约260点，也是连续三天下跌。纳斯达克指数下跌0.6%。交易员继续分析一批新的企业业绩，同时押注美联储不会像最初预期的那样大幅降息。可口可乐股价下跌2.2%，尽管盈利表现不佳，并上调了全年增长前景。星巴克股价下跌2.1%，此前该公司报告称，由于美国需求疲软，净收入和利润下降。特斯拉在收盘铃响后发布季度报告前几乎没有变化。此外，美国疾病控制与预防中心表示，与麦当劳四分之一磅汉堡有关的大肠杆菌爆发导致10人住院，1人死亡，麦当劳股价下跌约6.3%。英伟达下跌2%。另一方面，AT&T的用户增长超过预期，上涨0.7%。

Stocks in the US were lower on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 declining 0.4% for a third consecutive session of losses, while the Dow Jones was down around 260 points, also on a three-day losing streak. The Nasdaq dropped 0.6%. Traders continue to parse a batch of fresh corporate results, while betting the Fed will not cut interest rates as aggressively as initially expected. Shares of Coca-Cola were down 2.2% despite beating on earnings and raising its full-year growth outlook. Starbucks sank 2.1% after reporting lower net revenue and profit due to weaker demand in the US. Tesla was little changed ahead of its quarterly report after the closing bell. In addition, shares of McDonald’s dropped about 6.3% after the US CDC said an E. coli outbreak tied to the restaurant’s Quarter Pounder burgers resulted in ten hospitalizations and one death. Nvidia lost 2%. On the other hand, AT&T gained 0.7% after its subscribers rose more than anticipated.