 Some foreign governments, such as Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands, have urged their citizens to leave Lebanon. Jackie Northam, NPR News. The U.S. economy was still growing during the first three months of this year, though at a far slower pace than the final quarter of last year. The government, in a slight upgrade from its previous forecast, says the economy expanded at a 1.4 percent annual rate during the January through March quarter. Stocks closed virtually unchanged today, the Dow up 36 points. This is NPR.