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Our plate is full. We have a lot to do building our company organically and that is our key focus.

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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 agree with people who say we want more income equality we want more consumer protection and we want sounder banks. I agree with all that.
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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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JP Morgan always has higher capital liquidity, that is partially to make up for mistakes and problems and obviously its a tough economy. We support an oversight committee, we supported some of the compensation, new compensation rules, though we already follow most of them. We support a lot of it.
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Dodd-Frank and independent actions of banks go a long way in terms of progress on capital, liquidity, transparency, living wills (plans for winding down a bank in the event of a collapse) and resolutions.
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Japan, Europe, [and] America probably [are] better than last year [2015], not China.
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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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No one can forecast the economy with certainty.
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You have your own culture and your own ways of doing things. I hope Japan continues on this path.
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I think normalization is a good thing.
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Prime Minister Modi [Narendra] is strong enough, and he's accomplished much.
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I advise other companies' CEOs, don't fall into the trap where you go, 'Where's the growth? Where's the growth?' Where's the growth?' They feel a tremendous pressure to grow. Well, sometimes you can't grow. Sometimes you don't want to grow. In certain businesses, growth means you either take on bad clients, excess risk, or too much leverage.
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All our clients know that we're there, we're steady, we do a good job, we earn a fair return for ourselves, which I think is critical.
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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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Companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time.
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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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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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It might be harder for us to charge a higher interest rate, like they do, so it might not be as profitable for us. But we can either compete or partner, like we've announced with On Deck, which does some of the stuff we just spoke about.
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There are parts [in Dodd-Frank] that I don't agree with. But, in total, it is what it is.
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Don't do anything stupd. And don't waste money. Let everybody else waste money and do stupid things then we'll buy them.
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If you have the choice, it's far better to say, That person has the job, and they really don't need that much of my oversight. Maybe they don't need any of it.
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