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Stephen Stanley of Amherst Pierpont Securities forecasts zero growth for the first quarter. "This is turning into a recurrence of last year's nightmare first quarter, when weather drove the GDP figure deep into negative territory," he writes in a report obtained by CNBC.The economy shrank 2.1 percent in the first quarter of last year before rebounding to post an expansion of 2.4 percent for the year as a whole.Stanley and others anticipate a rebound this year too. The median second-quarter projection is for growth of 3.5 percent, according to CNBC Rapid Update.You can add Morningtar's Robert Johnson and Roland Czerniawski to the list of those a bit skeptical of the economy's strength.Read Latest Breaking News from Newsmax.com http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/StreetTalk/Q1-growth-1-4GDP/2015/03/31/id/635582/#ixzz3W45d1oD4 Urgent: Rate Obama on His Job Performance. Vote Here Now!