Wall Street closed its latest winning month and quarter with more records on Monday. The drift higher for U.S. stocks followed a wild start to the week for financial markets in Asia, where Japanese stocks tumbled and Chinese indexes soared.

Stocks in Asia are mostly higher, boosted by moves by China to rev up its economy. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong advanced 3.7% and the Shanghai Composite index jumped 2.1% after China’s central bank cut

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U.S. stocks are edging back from their records ahead of a couple reports that could show how well the economy is holding up.

U.S. stocks are drifting around their records as financial markets around the world take a pause following big recent moves

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U.S. stock indexes are drifting around their records as hopes hold that the economy can pull off the rare feat of getting painfully high inflation under control without a recession. The S&P 500 was up 0.

U.S. stocks closed another record-setting week with a muted performance Sept. 27, as hope built on Wall Street that the U.S. economy can manage the rare feat

U.S. stock indexes are drifting around their records as hopes hold that the economy can pull off the feat of getting painfully high inflation under control without a recession. The