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Tech giants' advertising revenues threatened by "pandemic" bubble - Reuters

Research firm MoffettNathanson cut its 2025 revenue estimates for Google, Meta*, Snap and Twitter. Digital ad spending in the U.S. is up 38% in 2021 from a year earlier. However, the state of the economy this year could undermine the rapid growth.

"After years of excessive optimism, we are really concerned about long-term growth in digital advertising," Michael Nathanson, an analyst at MoffettNathanson, wrote in the report.

"The 'unprecedented' surge, backed by pandemic-era government funding, could turn out to be a serious cutback in advertising spending for many companies. Fed policy tightening and inflation risks will negatively impact businesses, the analyst added.

ECB tries to save EU economy - central bank will be flexible in reinvesting PEPP program

The pandemic has left persistent vulnerabilities in the eurozone economy that contribute to the uneven normalization of our monetary policy among different countries, the ECB said. The ECB has instructed Eurosystem committees and ECB services to accelerate the development of a new mechanism to combat fragmentation. Why it matters. Rising

Price for oil price cap yet to be determined, head of European Commission

"The EU is ready in principle to go to the oil price cap," von der Leyen added. Earlier, the head of the U.S. Treasury Yellen said that the U.S. is not against the purchase of oil by India above the price cap. The WSJ also reported citing sources

U.S. officials forced to roll back plan to limit Russian oil prices - Bloomberg

India and China - Russia's most important trading partners - will not participate, Bloomberg sources said. The price cap plan is still alive after all. However, the price cap will be higher than previously thought. Earlier, U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen said the price ceiling could be in the range

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