<p>In this Dec. 11, 2014 photo, Eduardo Palacios-Paez, of Miami, pumps gas at a RaceTrac gasoline station in Hialeah, Fla. Consumers have been uncharacteristically frugal, even as the country added jobs and a sharp drop in gas prices over the past year left them more money to spend.</p>
May 15, 2015
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May 15, 2015 9 p.m.
High hopes, low results
Why economic growth has been disappointing
WASHINGTON - Like an underachieving student, the U.S. economy isn't living up to the high hopes with which it began the year.