Here's how much stocks could tumble if consumer inflation comes in hot

TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images The S&P 500 could sell off if Thursday's CPI reading shows inflation is heating up again, JPMorgan said. The bank sees the benchmark index tumbling as low as 6,000 in its short-term downside scenario. The stock market has a key hurdle it needs to clear this week. While investors have mostly shrugged off bad news in the US job market, equities are about to be tested by coming consumer inflation data, according to Dubravko Lakos-Bujas, the global head of market st ...