Recession fears are back, and stock prices continue to slide. The S&P 500 is down more than 6% over the past month alone, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite just entered correction territory by falling 10% from its peak earlier this year.

Perhaps the worst part of all of this volatility, however, is the uncertainty it’s causing. Will the economy worsen? Will the market crash? How long will it take for it to recover? While it’s impossible to answer these questions with any certainty right now, here’s what the data suggests about the future.

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