CEO of JPMorgan warns US of financial destiny worse than recession: ‘The worst consequence’

The opportunity of stagflation, or stagnation and inflation, shouldn’t be off the desk after August’s inflation numbers had been decrease than projected.

JPMorgan Chase CEO has laid out the “worst outcome” for America’s financial future, past recession.

“The worst outcome is stagflation,” mentioned Dimon. “And by the way, I wouldn’t take it off the table.”

68-year-old Jamie Dimon made his remarks on Tuesday on the Council of Institutional Buyers in New York.

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INFLATION RISES 2.5% IN AUGUST, LESS THAN EXPECTED

JPMorgan Chase is the most important financial institution in the USA in response to Bankrate, with $3.4T in belongings.

Stagflation, a portmanteau of stagnation and inflation, refers to a state the place financial progress slows whereas inflation and unemployment rise.

The financial penalties of stagflation might trigger retirement financial savings to go down in addition to the inventory market to crash; it was final seen within the U.S. in the course of the Seventies, in response to Investopedia.

Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, testifies throughout a Senate Banking Committee listening to on the Hart Senate Workplace Constructing on December 06, 2023 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony from the most important monetary establishments duri (Win McNamee/Getty Photographs)

Whereas inflation in August grew lower than anticipated at 2.5%, the outlook for the federal debt is bleak, with the rising quantity measuring $35,309,184,612,870.00 as of September 12.

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Curiosity funds due in October on the nationwide debt now exceed the prices of each Medicare and the nationwide protection price range. Nationwide debt might contribute to additional inflation on the horizon.

That is the primary time in American historical past that curiosity funds on the nationwide debt have risen above $1T. 

“So, it’s hard to look at [it] and say, ‘Well, no, we’re out of the woods.’ I don’t think so,” mentioned Dimon.

Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief government officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., speaks throughout an Financial Membership of New York (ECNY) occasion in New York, US, on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Dimon met with executives from the World Financial institution Group and a number of other different (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)

Whereas inflation has fallen to virtually hit the Fed’s final purpose of two%, a report shared by the Federal Reserve Financial institution of New York on Monday reveals that customers’ views in the marketplace had been general blended.

Individuals responded that they anticipate each their spending numbers to go up by 5% however their family incomes to solely rise by 0.1 proportion factors from final yr within the survey.

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In keeping with CNBC reporting from August, Dimon believes stagflation’s future chances are round 35 %, that means that recession is extra probably.

JPMorgan shares have gained over 18% this yr, inline with the S&P 500’s rise.