Buffeted by a series of economic shocks, the state's GDP dipped to near zero (0.4 percent) in Fiscal Year 2019-20, bounced back to 4.7 percent in Fiscal Year 2020-21, and surged to 7.0 percent in Fiscal Year 2021-22, more than double the pre-pandemic-year growth rate and exceeding the prior peak growth rate of 6.6 percent in Fiscal Year 2004-05. The state's economy expanded by 4.4 percent in Fiscal Year 2022-23 and 4.5 percent in Fiscal Year 2023-24, but the Conference expects growth to decelerate to 2.1 percent and 1.9 percent over the current and next fiscal years as businesses and consumers transition from a high inflation / high interest rate environment to more normal conditions. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2026-27, the economy will stabilize at its characteristic 2.0 to 2.1 percent per year.