NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks edged higher on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) as minutes from the Federal Reserve boosted expectations the US central bank was not likely to hike rates in September.

The minutes from the July meeting showed policy makers believed risks to the US economy had lessened but wanted to keep their interest rate policy “options open.”

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