JPMorgan Chase reported better-than-expected first-quarter outcomes on Friday. Whereas CEO Jamie Dimon acknowledged that the financial institution’s monetary outcomes had been “sturdy,” he additionally warned that the financial institution was making ready for “turbulence” within the U.S. financial system.
JPMorgan’s first-quarter 2025 revenue was $46.01 billion, greater than analyst expectations of $44.11 billion and an 8% yearly enhance. The financial institution additionally acknowledged that first-quarter revenue elevated by about 9% year-over-year to $14.64 billion.
Dimon, 69, wrote in an earnings release that JPMorgan added 500,000 new checking accounts within the quarter and noticed income within the markets division rise to $9.7 billion, marking “an exceptionally sturdy quarter.”
Nonetheless, Dimon cautioned that unsure financial situations had been forward. He mentioned that potential deregulation, tax cuts, inflation, excessive fiscal deficits, and tariffs might have an effect on the financial system and that JPMorgan is making ready for as many outcomes as attainable.
Associated: ‘This Has to Stop’: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Outlines How to Run a Successful Meeting
“The financial system is dealing with appreciable turbulence (together with geopolitics), with the potential positives of tax reform and deregulation and the potential negatives of tariffs and ‘commerce wars,’ ongoing sticky inflation, excessive fiscal deficits and nonetheless reasonably excessive asset costs and volatility,” he wrote within the earnings launch. “As all the time, we hope for the perfect however put together the Agency for a variety of situations.”‘
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon. Photograph by Noam Galai/Getty Pictures
Among the financial points Dimon listed have seen new updates this week. On tax reform, a invoice supported by President Donald Trump that seeks to reduce taxes by approximately $5 trillion handed the U.S. Home of Representatives on Thursday. Trump has additionally promoted deregulation, signing an executive order on Wednesday asking federal company heads to compile a listing of anti-competitive rules to remove.
On tariffs, Trump levied duties of 145% on China this week. The transfer sparked a tit-for-tat trade war and retaliation from China, which raised tariffs on the U.S. to 125% on Friday.
“It’s very cheap to say we need to make commerce higher,” Dimon advised Fox Enterprise earlier this week when requested what he considered tariffs. “However I additionally need to say to the People, we’ve the perfect financial system on the planet.”
Dimon pointed to the dimensions of the U.S. GDP. In accordance with World Financial institution knowledge, the U.S. GDP was $27.72 trillion in 2023, greater than China’s GDP of $17.79 trillion in the identical yr.
JPMorgan is the most important financial institution within the U.S. with complete property of about $3.5 trillion.
