On September 17th local time, the three major U.S. stock indexes closed mixed, with the S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones index reaching new intraday highs and then closing roughly flat. Chinese concept stocks performed well, with the Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index closing up 1.83% and briefly rising more than 2.7% during trading. In addition, digital currencies also showed strong performance, with Bitcoin experiencing its largest intraday gain in over a month.

On September 18th, the first to open was the Japanese stock market, which performed strongly and, as of press time, $Nikkei 225 Index (.NKY.US)$ rose 0.67%.

This week, the global market will enter a "Super Central Bank Week", with the most focus on the interest rate decisions by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan. In addition, central banks of other countries such as the United Kingdom, Brazil, Norway, and Indonesia will also announce their latest interest rate decisions, and the President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, and several other committee members will give speeches during the week.

The Dow Jones Index and the S&P 500 Index set new intraday highs.

On September 17th local time, the three major U.S. stock indexes closed with mixed results. At the close, the Dow Jones Index fell 15.90 points, or 0.04%, to 41,606.18 points; the Nasdaq rose 35.93 points, or 0.20%, to 17,628.06 points; and the S&P 500 index rose 1.49 points, or 0.03%, to 5,634.58 points.

During the trading day, the Dow Jones Index reached a high of 41,835.28 points, and the S&P 500 Index reached a high of 5,670.81 points, both setting new intraday highs.

This week, the world will kick off a "super central bank week", and the most closely watched focus of the financial markets is undoubtedly the interest rate decision to be announced by the Federal Reserve on September 19th Beijing time.

On the news front, the last major data before the Federal Reserve's September interest rate meeting has been released, attracting attention.

Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that U.S. retail sales in August increased by 0.1% month-on-month, significantly higher than the expected decline of 0.2%, but a sharp decrease from the previous month's 1%. Compared with the same period last year, U.S. retail sales in August saw a slowdown in year-on-year growth to 2.1%. Core retail sales, excluding automobiles, grew 3.9% year-on-year, with a slight rebound in growth. If automobiles and gasoline are excluded, retail sales in August increased by 0.2% month-on-month, below the expected 0.3%, marking the fourth consecutive month of growth.

The data shows that U.S. retail sales in August amounted to $710.773 billion, compared to the previous value of $709.668 billion; U.S. core retail sales in August amounted to $576.478 billion, compared to the previous value of $576.084 billion. In terms of sectors, the August retail data was mainly supported by online retailers and healthcare, with sales increasing by 1.4% and 0.7% month-on-month, respectively. Among them, sales of online retailers (adjusted) reached a new record high.

Analysts believe that the unexpected rise in U.S. retail sales in August indicates that U.S. consumer demand remains strong, providing new evidence of a soft landing for the U.S. economy.

After the data was released, the market still expects a significant interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve this week. CME FedWatch Tool shows that the probability of a 50 basis point rate cut remains at 67%, with little change compared to before the retail data was released.

In addition to the Federal Reserve, central banks of various countries including Japan, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Norway, and Indonesia will also announce their latest interest rate decisions one after another.

Large-cap technology stocks are on the rise, and Chinese concept stocks are showing strength.

大型科技股全线走高，英特尔涨超2%，亚马逊、奈飞涨超1%，苹果、微软、特斯拉、谷歌、Meta小幅上涨，英伟达跌超1%。埃森哲收跌4.8%，创3月份以来最差单日表现。航空股走高，夏威夷航空涨近4%，美国航空涨超3%。

$Intel (INTC.US)$ 收涨2.68%，当天盘中一度涨近8%。英特尔近日利好消息不断，不仅最终满足为五角大楼制造半导体部件的资质，有望获得高达3.5 billion美元的合同，为美国军方提供芯片，还将为亚马逊AWS代工定制款AI芯片，建立多年的产品和晶圆供应合作框架，并计划将英特尔代工业务（IFS）独立为子公司。此外，英特尔努力节省现金流，暂停波兰、德国工厂项目大约两年时间，裁员0.015 million工人的计划已经执行过半。

$Tesla (TSLA.US)$ 盘中一度涨超3%，收涨0.48%。近日，特斯拉宣布第0.1 billion颗4680电池正式下线。据悉，特斯拉已经在其德州超级工厂实现了4680电池的规模化生产，并计划进一步扩大产能，在内华达工厂投资扩建，用于生产电动重卡Semi和4680电池，电池产能规划达到100GWh。

另外，马斯克旗下脑机公司Neuralink表示，已获得美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）对“盲视”（Blindsight）项目的突破性医疗器械认证。该项目用于帮助盲人恢复视觉重见光明。具有突破性设备认证的设备可以更早地获得FDA的支持，从而加速其研发和市场审批过程。

中概股表现强势， $NASDAQ Golden Dragon China (.HXC.US)$ It rose 1.83%, rising over 2.7% at one point during the trading session.

In terms of individual stocks, Dada Nexus rose more than 21%, Li Auto Inc. rose more than 12%, GDS Holdings rose more than 10%, Futu Holdings Ltd and iQiyi rose more than 4%, and Bilibili rose more than 3%.

Bitcoin surged.

Market data shows that $Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$ on Tuesday, it rose more than 6% to $61,345, marking the largest intra-day gain in over a month.

Boosted by this, $Ethereum (ETH.CC)$ During the trading session, it also rose sharply, reaching a high of $2392.61.

Market analysis believes that the prospect of a Fed rate cut has boosted the demand for speculative assets.

Nick Timiraos, a well-known macro reporter known as the "Fed megaphone," recently stated that the Fed will definitely cut interest rates this week, but it is still uncertain whether the rate cut will be a larger 50 basis points or the traditional 25 basis points.

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