### Comment:
By definition recession is dependent on GDP growth, not the stock market. 
  
 If the stock market tanks it can absolutely cause a recession, especially if banks have undue risk exposure thanks to bad 'bets', but we've had multiple bear market/downturns without any real economic hardship over the last 100 years.

### REPLY:
Oh sorry for my ignorance on the matter then, I was just looking back at the when the 2001 and 2008 recessions and saw that they had pretty similar signs before they went full force...

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