For the third year in a row, the nation's economic recovery has hit a springtime soft spot. Reflecting that weakness, only 1 in 4 Americans now expects his or her own financial situation to improve over the next year, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows.
America's lower-income workers have posted the biggest job gains since the deep 2007-09 recession but few are bragging.
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