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State budget analysts on Monday predicted “stagnating” and “feeble” revenues collections for the new fiscal year and warned that New Jersey’s robust surplus will be nearly depleted if spending continues at the current pace by 2027. This was the first time the nonpartisan analysts at the state Office of Legislative Services, along with state Treasury officials, addressed members of the New Jersey Legislature since Gov. Phil Murphy unveiled a proposed $55.9 billion state budget in February for the fiscal year that begins July 1. OLS Budget and Finance Officer Thomas Koenig and Revenue and Econom…