JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon isn't worried about the US economy BossFiles with PoppyHarlowCNN Read: Listen:
New York JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon wouldn't say if he believes the US economy is racist. But he does think it's"fundamentally anti-poor."
"If you live in certain parts of town, if you're white or Hispanic or black, you can pretty much be left behind," Dimon told CNN's Poppy Harlow in a Boss Files interview Monday.This week, JPMorgan announced an initiative to address part of that problem: a five-year, $350 million program to help train workers for the jobs of the future.
JPMorgan Chase wants to hire more ex felons 03:02Regulations have historically made it"very hard" for financial services companies to hire ex-convicts, he said. But JPMorgan intends to make a targeted effort to develop"specific programs for specific jobs" to make the process less difficult."These are not necessarily violent, lifelong criminals," Dimon said."These are people who made a mistake when they were young.
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