FirstFT: Biggest US banks spend more than $1bn on severance costs

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Wall Street is paying the price for walking back its pandemic hiring spree, with the biggest US banks spending more than $1bn on severance costs in the first half of this year.

Goldman Sachs, which has been hit particularly hard by a slowdown in trading and investment banking, is the latest to take a charge for recent job…