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April’s Zeta Economic Index Highlights Emerging Disconnect: Consumers Feel Uneasy, But Keep Spending
NEW YORK, May 06, 2025--Zeta Global (NYSE), the AI Marketing Cloud, today released the Zeta Economic Index (ZEI) for April 2025. Powered by Zeta's proprietary Generative AI technology and real-time consumer behavior from over 245 million US consumers, the ZEI provides an insightful view of the strength and momentum of the US economy.
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