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.