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Bank earnings are down, but check out those balance sheets

by Tracey Samuelson

Apr 19, 2016

While global headwinds cut profits, regulation has created more stable institutions

Pedestrians pass a Chase bank branch in lower Manhattan on April 15, 2016 in New York City. As global markets continue to be rattled by the fall in energy prices and the easing of the Chinese economy, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo announced on Thursday that their profits fell in the first quarter. At JPMorgan revenue fell 13 percent from a year earlier.

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