Expert: US ‘Is Barely Growing' as GDP Slows to 1.5% on Weak Consumer Spending

``Growth at or below 2 percent isn't enough to lower the unemployment rate, which was 8.2 percent last month. And most economists don't expect growth to pick up much in the second half of the year. Europe's financial crisis and a looming budget crisis in the U.S. are expected to slow business investment further.''