Goldman Misses Profit Estimates as Dealmaking, Asset Management Take a Hit

Goldman Misses Profit Estimates as Dealmaking, Asset Management Take a Hit
A view of the Goldman Sachs global headquarters in Manhattan, N.Y., on Nov. 15, 2021. Andrew Kelly/Reuters
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on Tuesday reported a bigger-than-expected 69 percent drop in fourth-quarter profit as it struggled with a slump in dealmaking and weakness in its wealth management business.

Wall Street banks are making deep cuts to their workforce and streamlining their operations as dealmaking activity, their major source of revenue, stalls on worries over a weakening global economy and rising interest rates.