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I was a normal human being, but I did like that. I read a lot. I also liked math and science.

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Jamie Dimon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 13
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New York City
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The government has the right to change laws and rules and regulations.
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The third arrow (of structural reform) is critically important. Japan has some of the best companies in the world, and if you look at their technology, their capability, it's extraordinary.
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India is a huge democracy. Prime Minister [Narendra] Modi has ambitions to try to fix the infrastructure, the rules, taxes, education, and to lift up the Indian people. And we're hopeful that that's going to create positive momentum.
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My operating assumption is we will always have very tough competition. And even with some European banks struggling right now, some of them can reemerge - and maybe even stronger.
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I am struck that so many of our leaders in the U.S. forget how strong our country can be.
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I am not embarrassed to be a banker. I am not embarrassed to be in business.
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People always say to me, What if it doesn't work? If it doesn't work, we redouble our effort. We're not going to cry like a bunch of babies. We're going to redouble our effort.
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I also believe that most of the emerging economies have a fairly large amount of foreign exchange reserves, relative to 10 years ago.
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My father and grandfather were stockbrokers, and they would actually take stock certificates from a vault, give it to a runner, and send it to another vault. Then somebody said, Let's digitize it and have one vault. Now the DTCC clears and settles almost everything, and the cost of doing a trade is a tenth of what it was before.
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Usually, something that is fairly expected is already factored in. I also think that you have to think that America is raising rates because the economy is getting stronger.
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The goal of what Japan's central bank is doing is to create growth. If it actually creates growth, in the long run, it will lead to appreciation.
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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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It's good for America when the rest of the world grows, because you can sell more to the rest of the world.
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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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I know the President [Barack Obama]. I like him and respect him. That does not mean I agree with all of our government's policies, whether they come from Democrats or Republicans.
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More people are working, lending is up and savings are up. These are all positive signs for a strengthening economy.
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I'm not going to name anybody, but I think there are about five to 10 global institutions that will emerge as our primary competitors across the board. They're adjusting to this new world, like we are.
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Good regulation should be conducive to business and to customer protection.
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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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Companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time.
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