SAHM

American  

abbreviation

1. stay-at-home mother: a woman who stays home to take care of her children and manage the household.

   I'm a SAHM and also a freelance writer.

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Etymology

Origin of SAHM

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

Zandi and Claudia Sahm, the noted former Fed economist who is now chief economist at New Century Advisors, agree that this trend is unsustainable and that there could be a spike in unemployment.

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“You can only have the low-hire, low-fire economy over a period of time. There’s a limit to how far you can push this before things start to unravel on the consumer side,” Sahm said in an interview.

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Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, is of the view that Zandi and Sahm overly focused on weak demand for labor.

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Posen is more worried than Sahm or Zandi about rising inflation pressures in 2026.

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“I think they’re going to be in a period of extended pause. I mean, they cut 75 basis points this year in a period where we’ve really seen no improvement on inflation,” said Claudia Sahm, a former top Fed staffer and now the chief economist at New Century Advisors.

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