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Is another bear market coming out of hibernation? Here’s what to know

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The S&P 500, Wall Street’s main barometer of health, was down 1.2 percent in Monday afternoon trading.

The last bear market happened in 2022 , but this decline feels more like the sudden, turbulent bear market of 2020 .

Tariffs cause economic pain in part because they’re a tax paid by importers that often gets passed along to consumers, adding to inflationary pressure.

The S&P 500 has come back from every one of its prior bear markets to eventually rise to another all-time high. The down decade for the stock market following the 2000 bursting of the dot-com bubble was a notoriously brutal stretch, but stocks have often been able to regain their highs within a few years . Veiga reported from Los Angeles . Your tax-deductible donation directly supports our mission. Support PBS News Hour today . Support Provided By: Learn more Support PBS News:.

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formal

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English

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