Jamie Dimon Quotes

It's good for America when the rest of the world grows, because you can sell more to the rest of the world.

Japan, Europe, [and] America probably [are] better than last year [2015], not China.

There are two types of depreciation. There is one where you're manipulating currencies. And that's not what Japan is doing.

If it is a small rate raises, [there will be] no impact.

Part of the reason some Japanese companies have underperformed financially was corporate governance and board structures.

Abenomics, quantitative easing, fiscal policy - we know all the issues.

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.

You have your own culture and your own ways of doing things. I hope Japan continues on this path.

Because of that [Brexit], you're going to have slow growth and, unfortunately, while there may not be huge volatility, there will be volatility.

There are parts [in Dodd-Frank] that I don't agree with. But, in total, it is what it is.

We've seen the volatility at dollar-yen, U.S. Treasurys, JGBs (Japanese government bonds), German bunds.

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.

I think if we had another set of policies for - not the crisis years, but after that, that we might be growing faster. But we didn't. And some of that was Republicans' [fault], by the way.

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.

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.

I completely agree with the concept that American citizens shouldn't expect that a failure of a bank would cost them money, or that it would hurt the economy.

After the tsunami in Japan, we were open for business. In fact, I flew there 10 days after the tsunami to show our support for the Japanese people.

We can take our Japanese clients around the world. We can take them to Brazil, Europe, anywhere. And we also take companies from around the world into Japan.

We represent companies from around the world who say, "I want to look at Japanese companies. I want to invest in Japan."

I do think there will be more Japanese companies expanding out of Japan, and there will be more cross-border flow from Japan.

We did not anticipate the political fallout from it. We definitely didn't need it and we paid it back the first day we were allowed to.

Dodd-Frank is 2,000 pages long. It covers thousands of rules, regulations, interpretations and things like that.

I've always been a ... believer in good regulation.

We've had fairly consistent financial results.

I believe it's a good thing that people say, "Can we find a way to live together in peace?" And they did, for the most part.

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.

I speak to lots of people around the world, and no one would tell you that 25 basis points will make a difference to them.

There is a lot of focus on that first rate move, and I'm not sure how important that is.

More people are working, lending is up and savings are up. These are all positive signs for a strengthening economy.

I think the politics have gotten better in the United States, which makes it easier to pass legislation, budgets and treaties.

I think the Republicans have really thoughtful financial policies, and I'm more in the middle on taxation.

It's moderate growth, with some parts of the world better than people think, and better than last year [2015].

That's probably good, all things being equal, for emerging markets, not bad, even though it may not be great for all their currencies.

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.

The country [India] is doing far better.

It can take a long time to get the rules in place that are conducive to growing, sometimes.

Prime Minister Modi [Narendra] is strong enough, and he's accomplished much.

Wall Street gives money to both [Democrats and Republicans] because they want to be on the good side of whoever becomes president .

We have a lot of people who are Republicans, a lot of people who are Democrats, and it's not just because of business reasons.

I do want the tax system to be efficient and be conducive to growth, which it is not.

We're not fair weather friends. We've been in places for a long, long time.

I think normalization is a good thing.

We're diversified, we're stable and consistent. Our businesses benefit from each other.

We've accommodated the new rules and regulations. We've served our clients and had quite good returns.

Our commercial bank [JPMorgan] is only in the U.S. We are serving what you call SMEs - small businesses, private companies.

We continued to build the business, even in the worst of times. We do business all over America.

I learn from all our major competitors, whether they're in or out of the U.S. Wells Fargo is very actively, very aggressively, and very successfully building its U.S. investment bank.

If you look at the banking business over many years, it's always been a huge user of technology. This has been going on my whole life, that people have been adding technology, digitizing services.

I think what you've seen them do recently in the markets is what most of us learn doesn't ultimately work. But I think everyone has to figure that on their own.

My operating assumption is we will always have very tough competition. And even with some European banks struggling right now, some of them can reemerge - and maybe even stronger.