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By Stephen Nellis, Max A. Cherney and Fanny Potkin

NEW YORK (Reuters) — U.S. Federal Reserve officials «are not confident» that interest rates are yet high enough to finish the battle with inflation, and may be nearing the end of how much help they can expect in lowering price pressures from improvements in the supply of goods, services and labor, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said on Thursday.

Melanie Martinez has announced the North American Arena Tour dates. The Trilogy Tour is one of Martinez's most ambitious concerts which will showcase the live performance evolution of Melanie Martinez's alter ego, «Cry Baby.» Further, the tour will feature chart-bursting hits from Martinez's three groundbreaking albums including Cry Baby, K-12, and Portals. All of these tracks have garnered an impressive 14 billion streams globally. The tour will begin on May 10, 2024, at Seattle WA’s Climate Pledge Arena. Later, Martinez will move to arenas across North America through mid-June. Further, the presale tickets for the tour will go live on Tuesday, November 14, at 9 am PT/12 pm ET. On the other hand, the general ticket sales will begin on Friday, November 17, at 10:00 am local time at www.thetrilogytour.com.

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If you work for Citi now, there are two women who might fill you with apprehension. One is Jane Fraser, the CEO who is on a mission to extract layers of management, do away with pointless meetings and cut jobs, the other is Titi Cole, who is the person tasked with executing Fraser’s intentions.

A glitch in the network that processes electronic transfers between nearly all U.S. bank accounts has led to delays in settling deposits, some of which remain stalled

Stocks surged aggressively last week as investor bets rose that rates have peaked in the aftermath of the FOMC’s decision to leave rates unchanged. Moreover, the labor market data cooled, signaling the Fed is done hiking.

Normann Financial has found a new home at Captrust Financial, both companies announced Friday.

Last weekend, customers of several major U.S. banks experienced deposit delays due to a glitch in a banking processing system. The issue, which was linked to the Electronic Payments Network associated with the Automated Clearing House (ACH), impacted banks such as Bank of America, U.S. Bank, Truist, and Chase Bank.

Some of the largest United States banks are not able to facilitate customers deposits after one of the Federal Reserve’s payment systems suffered an outage on Nov. 3.

A cooling job market gives the Federal Reserve room to keep interest rates on hold in December and reinforces market views that the central bank is done with the most aggressive hiking campaign in four decades.

With the Securities and Exchange Commission teeing up an inquiry into another giant firm’s cash sweep business, this time that of Wells Fargo & Co., securities attorneys said there is plenty for registered investment advisors connected to broker-dealers and banks to worry about if they’re falling short on telling clients how they manage their cash.

Wells Fargo has liquidated its local inventory finance business, leaving it with commercial and some investment banking capabilities in the country.

Treasury yields as markets grew more convinced the Federal Reserve was done with its aggressive monetary policy tightening cycle after it left rates unchanged. The Fed on Wednesday held interest rates steady as widely expected, as policymakers struggled to determine whether financial conditions may be sufficiently tight to control inflation. However, Fed Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged that a recent market-driven rise in Treasury bond yields, home mortgage rates and other financing costs could have their own impact on the economy as long as they persist. The decision lifted sentiment in Wall Street, which spilled over into the Asia day, giving a small boost to the risk-sensitive Australian and New Zealand dollars. The Aussie rose 0.5% to a three-week high of $0.6426, while the kiwi similarly jumped more than 0.5% to hit a two-week top of $0.58825. The dollar edged broadly lower alongside U.S. Treasury yields which touched multi-week lows in early Asia trade.

Morgan Stanley’s decision to award $20 million special bonuses to its runners-up for chief executive officer points to a governance risk, raising questions about their commitment to the company, according to Wells Fargo & Co. analyst Mike Mayo.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is sending shock waves through the state’s booming municipal bond market, leaving borrowers and bankers alike on edge.

By Niket Nishant and Lananh Nguyen

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Jamie Mills O’Brien continues to manage the Global Innovation Equity fund.

Ross Pamphilon (pictured), joins Impax Asset Management as its head of fixed income.

Ross Pamphilon (pictured), joins Impax Asset Management as its head of fixed income.