NEWARK-The very slow recovery will continue for both New Jersey and the United States, with some rough patches along the way. But just wait until 2013, when we should see improvement, said speakers at Jones Lang LaSalle’s 2011 Northern New Jersey Market Outlook, held at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center here.

The speakers told a tale of two states, with New Jersey’s cheerleader in chief, Gov. Chris Christie, trumpeting the business successes of the last year, with an economist later predicting a rough year to come.

“More jobs are staying in New Jersey, good high-tech, high-paying jobs,” said Christie, who kicked off the conference citing the reduction of business regulations and deals with companies including Panasonic, Honeywell, BASF and Bayer under his administration.