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I am not embarrassed to be a banker. I am not embarrassed to be in business.

Jamie Dimon

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Jamie Dimon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 13
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New York City
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I think the politics have gotten better in the United States, which makes it easier to pass legislation, budgets and treaties.
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It's great that people get together and collaborate, talk about the facts and the analysis, all in the interest of having a great financial system.
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But in general, as countries get wealthier, there's going to be more savings, which means you're going to have intermediation. So part of it is just the huge growth in wealth, and part of it was globalization - these companies, these clients getting much bigger and much more global.
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If it is a small rate raises, [there will be] no impact.
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We continued to build the business, even in the worst of times. We do business all over America.
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We did not anticipate the political fallout from it. We definitely didn't need it and we paid it back the first day we were allowed to.
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I completely agree with the concept that American citizens shouldn't expect that a failure of a bank would cost them money, or that it would hurt the economy.
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On Wall Street, there is no Wall Street there are individuals.
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The question is how do you do it [more consumer protection] so that it actually works that way? And that takes analysis, and sometimes collaboration between government and business, to understand how that works.
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No one can forecast the economy with certainty.
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We're going to do the right thing for the company and our customers, all things considered.
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I do believe that some of these regulations made the markets more volatile, and it remains to be seen how bad that can be.
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Economies of scale are a good thing. If we didn't have them, we'd still be living in tents and eating buffalo.
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Japan, Europe, [and] America probably [are] better than last year [2015], not China.
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JPMorgan was already, for the most part. Our businesses at JPMorgan share the same cash-management systems. The commercial bank, the private bank, the retail bank, they all use the branches. The cash-management system moves the money around the world - for global corporations, and for you, the consumer, too.
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I think the free-enterprise system has been great for society. That doesn't mean it's completely perfect. And also, when people say capitalism, I'm not really sure what they mean.
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I don't mind paying higher taxes, because I've done quite well and I'm blessed to live in this country.
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It's offensive to me to be called a cost cutter.
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If business doesn't thrive, it hurts America. We need improved relations, more collaboration, more thought and more consistency as we go about trying to make sure we have the best country in the world. Not scapegoating and finger-pointing.
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Prime Minister Modi [Narendra] is strong enough, and he's accomplished much.
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