Stronger exports and consumer spending helped restore GDP
Meeting minutes reveal concern about U.S. economy's vulnerabilities
Hiring slowed but unemployment dropped to 3.5%
The poor performance was the second consecutive quarter of economic contraction
The economic contraction meets one informal sign of recession
Concerns about a recession have been eased, for now, by the ongoing strength of the job market
Economists believe jobs market kept economy from slipping into downturn
Even with the economy recording a second straight quarter of negative GDP, many economists do not regard it as constituting a recession
ECB President Christine Lagarde said ``energy was vastly underestimated'' in the bank's assessment of inflation
American consumer spending substantially weaker than earlier thought