State Recovery Stays Timid

California’s economic recovery is still weak, according to economists.

Economists at the University of California, Los Angeles, said in a June forecast that a slumping national recovery has added to the state’s woes, according to the Sacramento Bee.

The report said that the two main factors hurting growth  have been a stalled construction industry and a slumping public sector.

The report has yet to be released to the public.

The forecast said the state’s unemployment rate would fall below 10% by early 2013.

California’s unemployment rate was 11.9% as of April, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

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