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Jamie Dimon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 13
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New York City
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Capping the size of American banks won't eliminate the needs of big businesses it will force them to turn to foreign banks that won't face the same restrictions.
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Because of that [Brexit], you're going to have slow growth and, unfortunately, while there may not be huge volatility, there will be volatility.
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If the government wants to do social policy, it should not be done in a quasi-public company. If you have a mortgage guarantee company which is done by the U.S. government, it should be guaranteed by the originators, i.e., the shareholder.
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All businesses tend to pass costs onto customers.
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I believe it's a good thing that people say, Can we find a way to live together in peace? And they did, for the most part.
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We got a lot of excellent people and businesses from Bear and WaMu. But Bear definitely was more painful. WaMu got us into Florida, California, and other states, which was a huge benefit - to expand and grow and add middle-market, private banking, investment banking, and other products, too.
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That's probably good, all things being equal, for emerging markets, not bad, even though it may not be great for all their currencies.
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I wanted to start by saying that the eurozone - there are two reasons they formed the European Union. One is for political peace and rationalization. And I think that's a good thing for a continent that went through hundreds of years of wars.
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It's offensive to me to be called a cost cutter.
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Prime Minister Modi [Narendra] is strong enough, and he's accomplished much.
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The transaction reflects our disciplined strategy of investing capital in core businesses where we can leverage scale and expertise for competitive advantage. In addition to being a great strategic fit, the deal is compelling financially.
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I am not embarrassed to be a banker. I am not embarrassed to be in business.
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You read constantly that banks are lobbying regulators and elected officials as if this is inappropriate. We don't look at it that way.
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Dodd-Frank is 2,000 pages long. It covers thousands of rules, regulations, interpretations and things like that.
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We had a lot of gridlock on a lot of issues. But, the American system is pretty resilient.
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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 think the politics have gotten better in the United States, which makes it easier to pass legislation, budgets and treaties.
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Part of [Japanese companies] growing and expanding around the world is ... going to help the Japanese keep their lifestyles [despite Japan's] demographics, as a declining population, and [to] make it more conducive to women to go to work, I think, is a plus.
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It's moderate growth, with some parts of the world better than people think, and better than last year [2015].
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Wall Street gives money to both [Democrats and Republicans] because they want to be on the good side of whoever becomes president .
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