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by virtualSatai 3610 days ago
I'm in no means an expert in this, but I think it's because of the relative sizes of the economies in each state [1]. California and New York are very large in terms of GDP/GSP and will therefore move this weighted average accordingly.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_GDP