JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says he “should never use the word hurricane” when warning about the US economy. However, he insisted there were “storm clouds” that “could be a hurricane.”
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon on the US economy
Global investment bank JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon spoke about the US economy in an interview with Fox Business on Tuesday.
Regarding his previous warning of an approaching economic hurricane that everyone should brace for, Dimon said:
I should never use the word hurricane.
He clarified, “What I said was that there were storm clouds that might moderate and people were like, ‘Oh, he doesn’t think it’s a big deal.’ So I said, ‘No, those storm clouds could be a hurricane.’”
The JPMorgan chief stressed that he doesn’t foresee any particular scenario, adding that what he warned about “could be nothing” or “could be bad”. He explained, “I think we should understand that I’m not predicting one or the other, I’m just saying be a little prepared for both.”
Despite the current uncertain economic environment, Dimon is still bullish on American consumers. “The consumer is still going strong,” he described. “Their balance sheets are in good shape. They are spending 10% more than before Covid. They have more businesses in their checking accounts that are in good shape and that drives a strong economy.”
Regarding the oil crisis, the JPMorgan chief said: “It’s getting worse because of Russia, Ukraine, oil, energy, food, quantitative tightening.”
Commenting on the Federal Reserve rate hike, the executive branch said:
Will raising interest rates to 5% be enough? And that has huge implications for smaller countries, poor nations, those who depend on importing oil and gas.
Those uncertainties “might very well be easing” leading to “a kind of Goldilock’s mild recession,” he added. “But maybe not,” he also warned. “So I’m still on the cautious side on this one.” Last October, Dimon said a recession could hit in six months. In August, he said something worse than a recession could be coming.
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Kevin Helms
As an Austrian economics student, Kevin discovered Bitcoin in 2011 and has been an evangelist ever since. His interests lie in Bitcoin security, open source systems, network effects and the interface between economics and cryptography.
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