NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are coasting toward their latest winning month. The S&P 500 edged down 0.1% in early trading Tuesday. The main measure of the U.S. stock market’s health is on track for a fifth straight winning month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was little changed, and the Nasdaq composite was down 0.2%. A couple reports on the economy coming later in the morning could shift trading. One will show how confident U.S. consumers are feeling when the job market has slowed and inflation has remained high. A second will show how many job openings employers were advertising at the end of August.

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Wall Street followed global markets lower Tuesday as a partisan standoff over heath care and spending pushed the United State

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