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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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Jamie Dimon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 13
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New York City
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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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I haven't studied it deeply, but the American banks started the crisis with far more capital and what I would call good liquidity. The riskiest funding is unsecured wholesale funding. It's the most fickle. Not repo, which the government focused on, too. Unsecured. JPMorgan Chase had almost none of that - virtually zero.
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The real story in housing will be a recovery in the economy that will drive a recovery in housing, When people are working, when there are more jobs, more households forming and people go back to buying cars, they're going to want their apartments and homes. And that's when you'll start to see a recovery in home prices.
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No one can forecast the economy with certainty.
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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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I'm a really big believer - this is not a statement about President [Barack] Obama, but whoever is president - that good policy is really important.
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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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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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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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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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I think the Republicans have really thoughtful financial policies, and I'm more in the middle on taxation.
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We invested in the downturn and we never stopped serving our clients.
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Just because you have a good hand today doesn't mean it's good tomorrow. And some of the things we're doing may become very disadvantageous at some point.
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When the government gets involved in pricing, I don't think it's the right way to look at a business.
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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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The government has the right to change laws and rules and regulations.
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If you went to all those little towns in America, JPMorgan was there in good times and bad times, and, in fact, helped a lot of people through the tough times. And we know that's when they need us the most.
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We represent companies from around the world who say, I want to look at Japanese companies. I want to invest in Japan.
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