Indeed, the share of consumer spending devoted to services has at last caught up with its pre-pandemic trend (see chart 1).

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Photo Illustration: Elise Dean Dimon made the remarks during the bank’s investor day in New York, where he said the risks of an economic slowdown were underappreciated and said even the scaled ...

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