Getty Images After an icy start to 2017, the U.S. economy is warming up but it’s far from sizzling.A new pro-business president, record stock-market prices and the highest level of consumer confidence in years shows a lot has changed for the U.S. economy in 2017. But one thing hasn’t: headline growth is still pedestrian. Even a pickup in gross domestic product in the spring to 3% from 1.2% in the first quarter — helped by another strong month of employment gains in May — won’t alter the bigger picture. Read:Economy wasn’t as bad as it looked in first quarter, GDP shows The U.S. is still expanding at a roughly 2% annual pace that’s prevailed since a recovery took hold almost eight years ago, well below its historic 3.3% average. President Trump has vowed to restore the “good old days” but so far progress is scant. “We are still on the same track,” said Sam Bullard, senior economist at Wells Fargo Securities in Charlotte, N.C. Opinion:What 10 million simulations tell us about President Trump’s chances of achieving 3% economic growth That’s only part of the picture, though. A closer look shows the U.S. is in better shape than it was a year ago. Economists polled by MarketWatch, for example, estimate the U.S. gained close to 200,000 new jobs in May. By contrast, hiring slowly sharply in mid-2016 — enough so that the Federal Reserve backed away from raising interest rates.via