Stock market today: Dow drops, S&P 500 and Nasdaq slip from records as Wall Street counts down to Fed decision

US stocks pulled back from records on Tuesday as the Federal Reserve kicked off its September policy meeting. The benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC) and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) slipped roughly 0.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell about 0.3%. In an otherwise light week on economic data, investors received the latest figures on retail sales on Tuesday showing strong consumer spending despite sticky inflation and a wobbly labor market. Retail sales in August rose 0.6% from the prior mon ...