Gate News message. On April 6, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned in his annual letter to shareholders on Monday that the Iran war could bring risks of shocks to oil and commodity prices, which could keep inflation elevated and keep interest rates higher than the market currently expects. Dimon said, “The challenges we face are enormous.” He cited geopolitical risks such as the Russia-Ukraine conflict and broader hostilities in the Middle East, and noted, “Now, because of the Iran war, we also face the possibility that oil and commodity prices could continue to experience large and sustained volatility, and that the reshaping of global supply chains could lead to more stubborn inflation and ultimately to interest rates being higher than the market currently expects.” Dimon said that time will tell whether the Iran war achieves the United States’ objectives, and he added that nuclear proliferation remains the biggest danger posed by Iran.
In addition, Dimon said the U.S. economy continues to show resilience: consumers are still earning and spending, even though that has recently weakened, and businesses remain healthy. But he cautioned that large-scale government deficit spending and past stimulus policies have fueled economic growth, and that increasing infrastructure spending remains an increasingly growing need.
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