jpmorgan chase  co jpm ceo jamie dimon said recently he sees a 20 to 30 chance of a harder recession and a 10 chance of a soft landing in the economy as the us federal reserve hikes interest rates according to a saturday report from yahoo finance dimon reiterated his view that storm clouds remain on the economic horizon he said he sees a 20 to 30 chance of something worse than a harder recession but added it would be a mistake to pinpoint the exact probability he expects the feds interest rate to rise to 4 by the end of the year from 24 now the biggest complaint he hears from company leaders is they cant hire enough people while company leaders say the prospects for their company are good they also add that their confidence is low because of inflation because of partisan politics and a lot of leftover anger from covid19 dimon said dimons comments to wealthy clients in recent conversations were shared with the news service which published a collection of his remarks shares of jpmorgan chase are down 229 in 2022 compared to a 71 loss by the dow jones industrial average djia