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I think the streets kind of myopically focused on growth, the slow down in growth.

But I think what's interesting about Uber and in its multiple offerings, right, is that

that can be different in different geographies.

Was there somewhere specifically in the world where ride sharing slowed down and you can

identify a reason for it, or there were pockets where you were stronger in particular businesses

in certain countries around the world?

Well, actually, the growth for us this quarter has been remarkably

consistent with the last quarter. Trip growth, trips came in three billion trips in the quarter,

which is a pretty extraordinary number, up 18% on a year on your basis. Where you did see a slowdown

is on gross booking's growth. Gross booking's growth slowed down a bit from Q4. And that was

essentially because of price.

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