Jamie Dimon says geopolitical risks are surging: 'Conditions are treacherous and getting worse'
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon sees risks climbing around the world amid widening conflicts in the Middle East and with Russia's invasion of Ukraine showing no signs of abating.
«We have been closely monitoring the geopolitical situation for some time, and recent events show that conditions are treacherous and getting worse,» Dimon said Friday in the bank's third-quarter earnings release.
«There is significant human suffering, and the outcome of these situations could have far-reaching effects on both short-term economic outcomes and more importantly on the course of history,» he said.
The international order in place since the end of World War II is unraveling in light of conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, rising U.S.-China tensions, and the risk of «nuclear blackmail» from Iran, North Korea and Russia, Dimon said last month during a fireside chat held at Georgetown University.
«It's ratcheting up, folks, and it takes really strong American leadership and Western world leaders to do something about that,» Dimon said at Georgetown. «That's my No. 1 concern, and it dwarves any I've had since I've been working.»
The ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas recently hit the one-year mark since Hamas' attack on Oct. 7, 2023, sparked war, and there have been few signs of it slowing down. Tens of thousands of people have been killed as the conflict has broadened into fighting on multiple fronts, including with Hezbollah and Iran.
At least 22 people were killed and more than 100 injured in Beirut from Israeli airstrikes on Thursday. Iran launched more than 180 missiles against Israel on Oct. 1, and worries have risen that an Israeli retaliation could target Iranian oil facilities.
Meanwhile, the Russian
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