Wall Street braced for rocky week amid fears of 'the S word'

Investors are grappling with dramatic policy changes from the Trump administration 

A critical inflation report in the coming week could further rattle an increasingly tumultuous US stock market. Picture: Bloomberg

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 US president Donald Trump's tariffs.

Despite a gain on Friday, the benchmark S&P 500 marked its worst week in six months. 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.