Geopolitics is most important; Ukraine bombardment, Houthi attacks pose significant dangers, says JPMorgan

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Geopolitics, rather than finance itself, would determine the direction of the global economy in the immediate future, says Jamie Dimon, Chairman & CEO, JPMorgan..

The US dollar will remain the dominant monetary unit, Dimon tells Sangita Mehta, MC Govardhana Rangan and Sruthijith KK., in an exclusive interview, underscoring the greenback's undiminished importance as the world's reserve currency..

The Federal Reserve has moved after two years with a rate cut..

But at the end of the day, the real thing that's gonna drive flows will be growth in the economies, and not just the interest rate..

How do you look at India with an ambition to be a $7-trillion economy in relation to our financial markets?..

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