Although America is climbing out of the recession, car and truck sales in the U.S. for the month of June are expected to be disappointing, according to industry analysts.

Auto sales are still expected to be higher than they were last June, but it is not believed that they will approach the strong figures from May, reports the Detroit Free Press.

Across the economy, consumer confidence has continued to rise, but several factors played into a relatively slow month for car sales.

"Even thought there is talk about how the economy is getting better, people don’t feel it yet," Jessica Caldwell, automotive analyst for Edmunds.com, told the news source. "You have a month like June and there is no holiday weekend, and no big incentives, and buyers hold back."

Industry experts are expecting June’s seasonally adjusted annualized rate to total about 11 million vehicles sold. That would be down from 11.6 million in May but up from 9.7 million in June 2009.

Analysts expect Chrysler, who, along with GM, was in bankruptcy this time last year, to experience the biggest gains among domestic automakers with an expected 33.2 percent increase in sales.

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