article_snippet.sent: Some of the weakness may prove temporary: An unseasonably cold March followed a brutal winter that slowed key sectors of A weakening U.S. economy.
article_snippet.sent: The reckoning in March closes at least some of this gap.'
article_snippet.sent: Yet the streak of strong hiring, along with cheaper gasoline, hasn't significantly boosted consumer spending.
article_snippet.sent: But many analysts expect the first increase no earlier than September.
article_snippet.sent: But the economy has weakened in the first two months of 2015, in part because of the tough winter.
article_snippet.sent: At the same time, the strengthening dollar has made American-made goods costlier abroad, thereby cutting into exports.
article_snippet.sent: This year's job growth has yet to ignite a larger boom in consumer spending.