JPMorgan Suspends Buybacks, Warns on Global Economy as Profit Slumps

JPMorgan Suspends Buybacks, Warns on Global Economy as Profit Slumps
The exterior of the JP Morgan Chase & Co. corporate headquarters in New York on May 20, 2015. Mike Segar/Reuters
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JPMorgan Chase & Co’s Jamie Dimon struck a cautious note on the global economy as America’s largest bank reported a worse-than-expected 28 percent fall in quarterly profit and suspended share buybacks in the face of growing risks of a recession.

The chief executive also stressed the need to build capital reserves due to increasing requirements from regulators, while flagging a number of concerns including the war in Ukraine, high inflation and the “never-before-seen” quantitative tightening as threats to global economic growth.