Fed's Bostic: Ready To 'move Away' From Large Rate Increases At Next Meeting

Fed’s Bostic: Ready To ‘move Away’ From Large Rate Increases At Next Meeting

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic said Saturday he is ready to “move away” from three-quarter-point rate hikes at the Fed’s December meeting and feels the Fed’s target policy rate need rise no more than another percentage point to tackle inflation. “If the economy proceeds as I expect, I…

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Ex-Bundesbank Boss Weidmann To Be Nominated As Commerzbank Supervisory Board Head

Ex-Bundesbank Boss Weidmann To Be Nominated As Commerzbank Supervisory Board Head

BERLIN (Reuters) – Former Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann is to be a candidate to become chairman of Commerzbank’s supervisory board after Helmut Gottschalk decided not to stand for a new term in the role, the German bank said on Saturday. It said shareholder representatives of the Presiding and Nomination Committee had responded positively to Gottschalk’s…

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FTX Fires Three Of Its Top Executives- WSJ

FTX Fires Three Of Its Top Executives- WSJ

(Reuters) – Cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which recently filed for U.S. bankruptcy court protection, has fired some top executives, including co-founder Gary Wang, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing an FTX spokeswoman. Other terminated executives include engineering director Nishad Singh and Caroline Ellison, who ran FTX’s trading arm Alameda Research, the newspaper said. (Reporting…

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