around. is this number giving americans a false picture where we're headed, where we are now? >> unfortunately it is a false picture. last quarter, prior to today we thought the first quarter grew at 1.8%. we now found out after being revised down it grew at 1.1%. go back one more quarter, 1.1%. we're going in the wrong direction. this 1.7% not even a good number is probably going to be revised down in the next few months. look at the first year of recovery, 2009 to 2010 we had robust growth and since then sideways, typically four years after a recession, we should be seeing major growth and we're going in the wrong direction. >> melissa, you talked about consumer spending and housing? >> consumer spending rose at a rate of 1.8%, slower than last quarter, 2.3%.