SQUAWK BOX, THURSDAY 14TH APRIL, 2022

JPMorgan sees Q1 profits slump by 42 per cent. The bank’s CEO Jamie Dimon explains that inflation and the war in Ukraine are “powerful forces that threaten the economy” and that could potentially cause recession. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq snap three-day losing streaks as producers prices soar at their fastest rate on record. Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller says the central bank must continue to work to bring inflation down. Ukraine is to receive up to $800m of heavy military aid from the U.S as the conflict intensifies in the east of the country. In energy news, crude prices are down after initially surging during yesterday’s session on fears over supply chain disruption and Russian oil.