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Jamie Dimon says Congress shouldn’t play games with the creditworthiness of the U.S. government



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Jamie Dimon, President, CEO & Chairman of JP Morgan Chase, speaking on Squawk Box at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 19th, 2023. Adam Galica | CNBCJPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Thursday that politicians should be serious about the debt ceiling as Congress remains locked in a political fight to increase the U.S. borrowing limit.”We should never question the creditworthiness of the United States government. That is sacrosanct. It should never happen,” Dimon said Thursday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.His comments come as Congress remains in a standoff over the debt ceiling, the amount of money the U.S. is authorized to borrow to pay its bills. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said last week that a U.S. debt default would “cause irreparable harm to the U.S. economy, the livelihoods of all Americans, and global financial stability.”Today, Dimon said, “Of course Democrats will blame the Republicans and Republicans will blame the Democrats. I don’t care who blames who …

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