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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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Jamie Dimon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 13
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New York City
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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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We see very broad-based, moderate, growth. Most of the sectors are quite strong. I don't see any major potholes, and I believe [the economy] is strengthening.
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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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We continued to build the business, even in the worst of times. We do business all over America.
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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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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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We do all that [ represent companies], because we have a lot of research in Japanese companies, and that research educates investors around the world. It allows us to sell stocks and bonds in Japanese companies.
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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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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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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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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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We, Americans, have the best country on the planet. We have schools, universities, food, water, energy, peaceful neighbors, low corruption, you name it, deepest and widest capital markets. That doesn't mean we shouldn't identify problems. We don't have a divine right to success.
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I am not embarrassed to be a banker. I am not embarrassed to be in business.
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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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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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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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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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We're going to do the right thing for the company and our customers, all things considered.
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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 am still a Democrat. The main reason is because I don't like the Republican stance on some social values. Not that I disagree with all of them. I just don't think they have a right to impose it upon other people. I've been public about that.
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