Stock Markets Exposed - Recession? Stock market crash? Depression?

Recession? Stock market crash? Depression?

I understand the difference between recession and depression. What I want to know is what are your opinons on whether we are currently going through or possibly heading towards either of these. And is it possible for the stock market to crash leading to another Great Depression? Thank you for your answers and just to clear things up....I only just started to understand what recession and depression mean thank you to the individual who pointed out the great depression comment, the way I worderd the title was because it was on different thigns nothing to do with HOT HEADLINING or mass hysteria and mr. puni whoever you may be your sarcasm was not necessary. yes there are many things going on int he world life w/e I'm just trying to understand them 1 at a time. Thanks again for all of your answers!

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all of the above
The government will not allow us to go into a depression or recession. they can't afford to. They will step in and do something that will bring us all back. Hopefully. lol
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we are going through many things thta dont have a word and those two are just something you can understand to talk with each other and put everyone in the same state ov mind
Recession unless things get worse. It has always been possible for the stock market to crash or the economic conditions to worsen enough to the point of a depression.
I expect there will be another great depression sometime in the near future. I feel that America isn't being very wise with it's money.
Thanks to the idiot running the country!!
The stock market did not cause the Great Depression. Markets are but one factor in the measurement of an economy, and they are not a reliable one. At this time, unemployment is still near historic lows. Inflation is, also. The GDP has increased every quarter for years. Poverty rates are near record lows for the elderly, blacks and Latinos. None of the traditional markers for a recession exist. Other than the constant drumbeat by the media about the topic. And the media lies.
Man your just looking to get reported by some die hard Bush fan. Bush says our economy is slowing. SLOWING........... SLOWING! Gas is 3 $ , bread is 2 .50 , milk is 4 $, Meat.... well we dont even want to talk about that. Im sure its just been a while since anyone in Washington had a real paying job and went to the store or gas station. And a minimum wage worker....well they have to spend half a days pay to eat and go to work. SLOWING>........ LOL
If everyone throws away their stocks for $$$ like when Chinese people do in China at Chinese new year, a depression is going to happen. The economy is in recession because people are now smart enough to start saving. (America economy=debt+spending, so it is falling apart.) The government is trying to increase spending to improve the economy by giving people tax breaks and by lowering interest rates. This is not really a good idea because its like entering cheat codes on a game and there are going to be tons of negative short term effects, such as the World Stock Market crash. This is worse than the crash that occured 1 week after 9/11. I don't think a mere market crash is going to be a big thing compared to what is going to happen next...
Just to clarify all the above, just call it the Bush stage of life........Get him out of there
everything would depend on the economy's reaction to the stimulus package. if the economy will not react as what they expect it to do then USA will be in a deeper crisis. they must come up with a solution to address the housing problem and falling real estate value before it has a really tragic effect on the financial system and will further erode investor confidence. so you ask if there is a possibility of usa getting in to depression. yes there is but we hope not.
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A recession is also known as a market 'contraction'. This is a natural phenomenon and is part of the business cycle. When a country has had high rates of growth for successive years, there comes a time for this to end. We are currently experiencing the onset of a recession. This is defined by the NBER as a period of "more than a few months" of decline in GDP, employment, retail spending and consumer demand. http://recessionhistory.info
For starters look up Peter Schiff online. He is a great economist. Also look him up on youtube. Second, the tax rebate you might get is money that you have to report as income next year. If you have credits comeing ot you next yea rin the amount of say 1200 and you got 900 as a tax relief check then next year when you do your taxes you only get 300 credit! They supposedly do not have the evidence of a "recession" yet because they look for the numbers of growth to be down for a certian number of quarters and that ha snot been shown yet by the governments nuumbers. This is fake data thogh so take it with a grain of salt. If the govt. reported data the same as they did in 1920's and 30's I guarantee it would show we were in a recession already. And if you notice just like the other poste rcommented the prices of milk, gas, bread, etc compared to what the average worked makes is extremely high. This can't be sustained. Ben Bernake "the fed" dropped the short term lending rate he gives ot bansk again. His pal Alan Greenspan did this for many years. This drops what the dollar is worth and then other countries money becomes worth more than ours. This is a sign of inflation due to the rates dropping. Also, another number the govt now fakes is the unemployment rate. The job losses in February alone are staggering. Stores are closing every where you turn. The reaons they say the rate is low is that peopel stop working. You are gonna see that there will be less kids working becuase they will be the first to just stop looking for work. I remember it being hard fo rme to find a job when I was young cause the job market was tighter back then. The govt. only counts people receiving unemployment checks as being unemployed. Once peopel stop working and stop looking they are not counted anymore. I bet this was differnet back in the day (ie 20's 30's) Anyways, this is becoming larger than I wanted it to but if you search on Peter Schiff you will see. Also, there is a lot of tlak about stagflation like we had in the 70's. I peronally think we shoudlall be ready for another great depresison and I am not sure if it will be worse but I think it will be. Not enough resources on the planet for the consumption that happens daily.
2012!!!!! The weather patterns are going to continue to get worse with higher winds and more storms. This is not going to be economically feasible to clean all these messes and still engage in war at the same time. War is costing US adults around 20K per person and that is way too much. I am not sure it is 20K, but it is around that number. The war is costing billions of dollars. Hurricane Katrina is just a sample of what is coming and the USA is not in good shape as of this moment. As people start researching the Mayan calender they will realize that they are going to have to pull investments out to get hit with the cash to gain survival money. Also as many Americans lose their homes they are needed to pull out their savings just so that they can keep their homes for a few more years. The question is not if, but a matter of when. I predict the market crash which is already started to hit it's first big climax down from Sept 08 - Jan 2010.