What do you think is coming first, a widespread economic crash or economic recovery?

With inflation on the rise and the costs of everything still going up, home values and rents still sky high across many parts of the Western world, political animosity still high, armed conflict still ongoing, what do you think is going to happen next in the short term? Are we all going to watch our investments hit scary lows or is the market going to give the green light for the bulls to come rushing in? My personal guess to this, is we have rougher times ahead of us. The kind of rough times that causes global depression. I personally don't see inflation being tamed any time soon, and I believe the cost of everything is going to continue to rise for the foreseeable future. If it does, then I'll be buying up every low valued deal of an investment I can. So? Crystal ball time, what's next - economic crash or economic recovery?