The first three months of 2015 saw numbingly slow economic growth of just 0.2 percent, a rate that fell far short of the predicted 1 percent growth. Economists blame bad weather that slowed projects and consumer purchases, as well as a drop in exports. The 0.2 percent growth is also a fraction of 2014’s average economic growth of 2.4 percent, and the fourth quarter’s growth rate of 2.2 percent.
