A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, New York, U.S., March 3, 2020.Andrew Kelly/ReutersThe S&P 500 will plunge 32% in 2025 as a recession finally hits the US economy, BCA Research predicts.The firm said the Fed will fail to prevent a recession as it takes its time cutting interest rates.Rising unemployment and constrained credit will curb consumer spending, worsening the downturn.The stock market will crash 32% in 2025 as the Federal Reserve fails to prevent a recession, according to the most bearish strategist on Wall Street.Peter Berezin, chief global strategist at BCA Research, said in a recent note that a recession will hit the US economy later this year or in early 2025, and the downturn will send the S&P 500 tumbling to 3,750."The consensus soft-landing narrative is wrong.