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captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. the u.s. economy is growing, but slowly. susie, the official numbers on the first quarter were released today, showing the economy grew at an annual pace of just 2.2%. >> susie: tom, it might not be robust. but optimists note at least the u.s. is growing and has not followed europe economies there have almost screeched to a halt. looking at the numbers, the gross domestic product or g.d.p. of 2.2% in the first quarter was slower than most estimates. most of the growth came from a pick up in consumer spending...

>> tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. the u.s. economy is growing, but slowly. susie, the official numbers on the first quarter were released today, showing the economy grew at an annual pace of just 2.2%. >> susie: tom, it might not be robust. but optimists note at least the u.s. is growing and has not followed europe economies there have almost screeched to a halt. looking at the numbers, the gross domestic product or g.d.p. of 2.2% in the first quarter was slower than most estimates. most of the growth came from a pick up in consumer spending, homebuilding and auto sales...