JPMorgan 33% Profit Jump Beats Estimates on Reserve Releases

... was a $2.4 billion reduction in additional funds set aside for legal costs, which fell to about $300 million. While mortgage volume jumped 37 percent, mortgage-banking net income dropped 31 percent to $673 million as record-low interest rates ...

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