U.S. stocks slumped Friday as worries flared again on Wall Street about tariffs and inflation. The Standard & Poor's 500 fell 0.9% and erased what had been a modest gain for the week. It’s one of the worse drops for the index so far this year,

U.S. stocks are slipping Friday after a discouraging report suggested U.S. consumers are bracing for higher inflation, while a separate update gave a mixed picture of the U.S. job market. The S&P 500 was 0.

In Latin America's largest economy, the headline annual inflation rate hit 3.59% in January, statistics agency INEGI said, down from 4.21% the previous month and just below the 3.61% expected by economists polled by Reuters.

Mexico’s inflation slowed more than expected in January, supporting the central bank’s decision to deliver a half-point cut to its benchmark interest rate and signal additional reductions of the same magnitude.