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We don't think there are cases where people were evicted out of homes when they shouldn't have been.
My retirement date, every time you ask me that, I'm going to say five years. I don't want to retire.
We were a land of opportunity. You can never have equal outcomes, but you can have equal opportunity.
When the government gets involved in pricing, I don't think it's the right way to look at a business.
We've accommodated the new rules and regulations. We've served our clients and had quite good returns.
I don't mind paying higher taxes, because I've done quite well and I'm blessed to live in this country.
First of all, I yell very little, just so you know. Maybe years ago I did more, but I yell very little.
We've seen the volatility at dollar-yen, U.S. Treasurys, JGBs (Japanese government bonds), German bunds.
I get to deal with presidents and prime ministers and - and employees from tellers on up. And I love it.
I want Japan to think and say that we are better off for JPMorgan having been here through thick and thin.
I think the Republicans have really thoughtful financial policies, and I'm more in the middle on taxation.
It's good for America when the rest of the world grows, because you can sell more to the rest of the world.
Acting like everyone who's been successful is bad and because you're rich you're bad, I don't understand it.
Companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time.
It's really important that policy be properly designed. It's not enough just to.. .get angry over a subject.
People need to understand: Businesses are going to make mistakes. They shouldn't be shot and hung every time.
Some things never change - there will be another crisis, and its impact will be felt by the financial markets.
Economies of scale are a good thing. If we didn't have them, we'd still be living in tents and eating buffalo.
It's moderate growth, with some parts of the world better than people think, and better than last year [2015].
Dodd-Frank is 2,000 pages long. It covers thousands of rules, regulations, interpretations and things like that.
I've asked our people, "Why don't we just put a revolver on top of our basic loan?" Make it easier for the client.
More people are working, lending is up and savings are up. These are all positive signs for a strengthening economy.
If you can't use dividends, it's not a bad thing to give it back to your shareholders. They'll use it somewhere else.
We represent companies from around the world who say, "I want to look at Japanese companies. I want to invest in Japan."
Don't do anything stupd. And don't waste money. Let everybody else waste money and do stupid things; then we'll buy them.
Part of the reason some Japanese companies have underperformed financially was corporate governance and board structures.
In the old days, you dealt with one regulator. Now it's five or six. You all should ask the question how American that is.
I do believe that some of these regulations made the markets more volatile, and it remains to be seen how bad that can be.
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 are two types of depreciation. There is one where you're manipulating currencies. And that's not what Japan is doing.
Our commercial bank [JPMorgan] is only in the U.S. We are serving what you call SMEs - small businesses, private companies.
I would love to be the president of United States, and I think I would be good at it, but it's too late, and it is too hard.
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.
I do think there will be more Japanese companies expanding out of Japan, and there will be more cross-border flow from Japan.
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 think the politics have gotten better in the United States, which makes it easier to pass legislation, budgets and treaties.
Banks also have to say no to customers. We can't always give clients what they want; it may not be in the client's best interest.
JPMorgan is a very good franchise. And the way you should look at a franchise, a business, is from the standpoint of the customers.
Wall Street gives money to both [Democrats and Republicans] because they want to be on the good side of whoever becomes president .
Unraveling the euro is a terrible thing. This is a 50-year endeavor to get this continent together and that's a wonderful endeavor.
I also believe that most of the emerging economies have a fairly large amount of foreign exchange reserves, relative to 10 years ago.
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.
That's probably good, all things being equal, for emerging markets, not bad, even though it may not be great for all their currencies.
You read constantly that banks are lobbying regulators and elected officials as if this is inappropriate. We don't look at it that way.
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.
You can compromise without violating your principles, but it is nearly impossible to compromise when you turn principles into ideology.
Most decisions are not binary, and there are usually better answers waiting to be found if you do the analysis and involve the right people.
Manipulating currencies is when you're going into the marketplace and buying something in large amounts to depress the value of the currency.
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.
Because of that [Brexit], you're going to have slow growth and, unfortunately, while there may not be huge volatility, there will be volatility.