Wall St Week Ahead: US stock market faces inflation data test


Trump's back-and-forth implementation of fresh tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China exacerbated broad concerns about the economy. — Bloomberg

NEW YORK: A critical inflation report in the coming week could further rattle an increasingly tumultuous US stock market, with investors worried about an economic growth slowdown and President Donald Trump's tariffs.

The benchmark S&P 500 was on pace for its worst week in six months, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite on Thursday ended down more than 10% from its December all-time closing high, confirming it has been in a correction for several months.

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