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Fed meeting minutes: The market believes that the overall U.S. economy remains resilient.
BlockBeats news, on August 21, the Fed released the minutes from the July meeting, which mentioned that the recent rise in stock prices and the narrowing of credit spreads indicate that the market believes the overall U.S. economy remains resilient; however, the financial markets seem to have begun differentiating based on the scale and quality of corporate earnings. The valuation of the S&P 500 index continues to be above the long-term average, primarily due to optimistic expectations about the potential benefits of large tech companies from further applications of artificial intelligence (AI). However, the valuation of small-cap stock indices, despite rising during the meeting interval, remains below historical averages. (Jin10)