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JPMorgan Chase & Co. chief executive Jamie Dimon warned that inflation could become a “skunk at a party” for the United States economy.
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“There’s some risk there’s more inflation than people think, and that could be like a skunk at a party if that ever happens,” Dimon said Monday in a CNBC interview at his firm’s annual leveraged finance conference in Miami. “Hopefully it doesn’t happen.”
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“This right now will increase gas prices a little bit, and again, if it’s not prolonged there’s not going to be a major inflationary hit,” Dimon said. “If it went on for a long time, that would be different.”
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