What boom? The economy is off to a 'meh' start to 2018

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CNN - 3/20/2018 - Matt Egan - Unfortunately, predictions for first-quarter economic growth have plunged in recent weeks, signaling 2018 may be off to a "meh" start. Barely a month ago the Atlanta Federal Reserve predicted booming growth of 5.4% for the first three months of the year. But stingy spending by American consumers has forced the Atlanta Fed to dramatically scale back its outlook. The call is now for GDP growth of a rather pedestrian 1.8%. Read more @ http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/20/news/ec ... index.html