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3 ‘really bad facts’ are hurting the US economy, according to JPMorgan CEO Dimon

June 8, 2017

Via: CNBC

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon runs the largest bank in the country but is frustrated by obstacles he sees keeping young people from having bright futures and workers from getting higher pay.

Speaking Wednesday at a Business Roundtable summit, Dimon implored the public to focus on “three really bad facts” that are limiting growth for the U.S. economy.

Some 70 percent of young men are ineligible for military service “because of either education — they can’t read or write — or health, mostly obesity and diabetes. That’s an unbelievable number,” Dimon said.

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