Economist Sahm, who devised recession rule, says the Fed is ‘playing with fire’

Economist Claudia Sahm on CNBC's The Exchange.CNBCThe Federal Reserve is risking tipping the economy into contraction by not cutting interest rates now, according to the author of a time-tested rule for when recessions happen.Economist Claudia Sahm has shown that when the unemployment rate's three-month average is half a percentage...

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LZB, RKLB, NEE and more

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. La-Z-Boy – The stock soared more than 19% after the furniture company topped Wall Street expectations for the fiscal fourth quarter. La-Z-Boy reported adjusted earnings of 95 cents per share on revenue of $554 million. This is above earnings estimates...

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