
AI-generated summary
Netflix is adjusting its workforce to prioritize resources in high-impact areas.
Netflix said on Wednesday that it will lay off roughly 6% of its employees, according to a memo obtained by CNBC.
The job cuts will largely impact the product, tech, legal, and HR teams.
"Our mission - to entertain the world - is ambitious, and delivering on it requires us to be disciplined about where we prioritize our people and resources," Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters wrote in the email to employees. "Our business is strong and growing, and we remain on track to deliver our full year forecast. We'll continue to invest aggressively in high impact areas to improve our service and further drive growth and innovation. Doing that means making focused choices across the business so we can keep delivering for our members, partners, employees, and investors."
Netflix said it did not have additional comments beyond the co-CEOs' memo.

The U.S. consumer price index rose 0.6% in September, bringing the annual inflation rate to 3.7%. Surging energy costs, driven by U.S.-Iran tensions, were the primary driver, prompting markets to increase expectations for future Federal Reserve interest rate hikes.

Bank of America reported a 17% profit decline to $6.93 billion after a $1.2 billion regulatory fine. Revenue of $30.12 billion missed analyst expectations due to weak trading performance, causing shares to fall approximately 7% in early trading.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield climbed to 5.27% after September's CPI rose 3.6% year-over-year. Investors are now focused on upcoming producer price index and retail sales data ahead of the next Federal Reserve interest rate decision.
Morgan Stanley reported third-quarter earnings per share of $3.03 and revenue of $20.34 billion, both topping Wall Street expectations surveyed by LSEG.

UK water regulator Ofwat announced that providers including Yorkshire Water and Thames Water could be forced to cut household bills by tens of millions of pounds after missing performance targets, resulting in a net industry bill reduction of £240m.

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey and IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva warned that rising cyber-attacks and AI-driven fraud risk undermining public trust in the global financial system.