JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon Says 'This May Be the Most Dangerous Time the World Has Seen in Decades'JPMorgan Chase's third-quarter earnings report was released on Friday.

BySam Silverman

Key Takeaways

  • JPMorgan Chase had a strong third quarter.
  • CEO Jamie Dimon says conflicts around the world could be bad news for interest rates and inflation.

JPMorgan Chasereleased its third-quarter earnings report on Friday, and CEO Jamie Dimon issued a warning that global conflicts could further increase interest rates and national debt.

In a statement discussing the bank's strong third-quarter earnings (a net income of $13.2 billion, up 35%),Dimon said: "This may be the most dangerous time the world has seen in decades."

Bloomberg/Getty | Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the JPMorgan Global China Summit in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.

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Dimon warnedthat the ongoing Ukraine war and Hamas's attack on Israel "may have far-reaching impacts on energy and food markets, global trade, and geopolitical relationships."

He also said the growing national debt and "the largest peacetime fiscal deficits ever" may increase the country's interest rates and inflation.However, the bank's analysts say a recession may be avoidable.

JPMorgan economists say a "soft landing" - where the economy slows down and unemployment rises - is more likely than a recession due to the currently strong markets presented by the bank surpassing third-quarter expectations despite the economic uncertainty, perCNN.

Dimon, meanwhile, said he's more worried about what's happening around the world impacting things at home.

"I'm less concerned about the economic effect than obviously the geopolitical," Dimon told CNN on Friday. "Currently, U.S. consumers and businesses generally remain healthy."

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Following the news of Hamas's attack on Israel, Dimon released an internal memo:

"The human cost of wars and terrorism [is] enormous, with too many lives lost and changed forever," he wrote in the memo obtained byCNN. "We join together in our hope to one day see the end of violence and for there to be peace throughout the Middle East."

Sam Silverman

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Sam Silverman is a content strategy editor at Entrepreneur Media. She specializes in search engine optimization (SEO), and her work can be found inThe US Sun,Nicki Swift,In Touch Weekly,Life & StyleandHealth. She writes for our news team with a focus on investigating scandals. Her coverage and expertise span from business news, entrepreneurship, technology, and true crime, to the latest in entertainment and TV news. Sam is a graduate of Lehigh University and currently resides in NYC.

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