U.S. economic policymakers have been singularly focused on achieving a so-called soft landing that brings inflation down without a recession. Now, a new team of pilots are considering a course correction that,

Uncertainly, stress from federal policy moves called "unprecedented" as market dives far from its peak in December.

U.S. stocks plunged on Monday as relentless tariff wrangling and mounting anxieties arising from the chaos in Washington gave rise to fears that the U.S. economy could be careening into recession. The previous week's steep sell-off resumed,