JPMorgan edges closer to leaving pandemic behind, its earnings show By Reuters – Investing.com

JPMorgan edges closer to leaving pandemic behind, its earnings show By Reuters – Investing.com

By Anirban Sen and Elizabeth Dilts Marshall

(Reuters) -JPMorgan Chase & Co beat analysts’ profit estimates on Wednesday, thanks to record revenue in some investment banking businesses and a sunnier economic outlook that allowed the largest U.S. bank to release money it had set aside for potential loan losses during the coronavirus pandemic.

JPMorgan’s third-quarter profit was 24% higher than the same period last year, and the bank’s average loans and deposits rose, as did credit-card spending, helping JPMorgan’s lending income rise 2.5% from the second quarter.