JPMorgan CEO: Americans don't feel like going back to work

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon told a House committee Thursday that businesses are struggling to find workers because Americans don’t want to work right now.  ‘People actually have a lot of money,’ Dimon said.’And they don’t particularly feel like going back to work.’ There’s a record high of 8.1 million job openings, as 27 states continue to allow workers to get enhanced benefits through President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 relief bill.  JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon told a House committee Thursday that businesses are struggling to find workers because Americans don’t want to work right now Republican governors from 23 states are ending $300 per week unemployment benefits from President Joe Biden in an effort to encourage citizens to return to the workforce.States who will opt out of the federal relief program by the end of June are: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, daftar akun sbobet and Wyoming Economists have pointed to the unemployment boost, but also said childcare and health concerns could also be compelling Americans not to rejoin the workforce.Dimon appeared at a House Financial Services Committee hearing one day after his appearance in front of the Senate Banking Committee made waves over a back-and-forth the CEO had with Sen. Elizabeth Warren.  Warren went after Dimon calling him the ‘star of the overdraft show’ after the bank took $1.46 billion in fees during the coronavirus pandemic. The Massachusetts Democrat instructed Dimon and other bank CEOs at a Senate Banking Committee hearing to ‘raise your hand’ if their institutions stopped charging overdraft fees during the pandemic, which had been the advice of bank regulators. Warren, who was appearing virtually, noted to those watching that not a single hand was raised.   Sen. Elizabeth Warren went after JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon at a Senate hearing Wednesday, nicknaming him the ‘star of the overdraft show’ after the bank took $1.