特朗普减税政策下，各大银行利润创新高

以下是出现在各大银行2018年第一季度财报中的里程碑数字：

• 美国最大银行摩根大通（J.P. Morgan Chase）的利润达到了创纪录的87亿美元，增长35%。

• 美国银行（Bank of America）上周一宣布，第一季度利润为69亿美元，增长30%。

• 富国银行（Wells Fargo）称初步预计公司的利润为59亿美元，涨幅为5%。【富国银行指出，他们的利润可能会因为美国消费者金融权益保护局（Consumer Financial Protection Bureau）和通货监理局（Office of the Comptroller of the Currency）的罚款而出现变化。】

• 花旗集团（Citigroup）季度利润为46亿美元，是近三年来最高的一次，同比增长13%。

• 根据高盛集团（Goldman Sachs）上周一发布的季度财报，银行利润为23亿美元，增长26%。

摩根大通、美国银行和高盛集团在季度财报中特别提到了减税与就业法案（Tax Cuts and Jobs Act），因为它让公司所得税的税率从35%降到了21%。

美国银行指出，税法降低了9%的公司税率。高盛集团则表示，2018年第一季度的实际税率为17.2%，而2017年全年是61.5%。摩根大通受特朗普的减税政策影响，也节约了大约2.4亿美元。

摩根大通的董事长和首席执行官杰米·戴蒙在财报发布后表示：“全球经济继续着良好的表现，由于商业景气指数高涨，消费者从就业和工资增长中获益，我们对美国税制改革的积极影响仍然保持乐观态度。”（财富中文网）

译者：严匡正

Here’s a summary of the milestones from first quarter 2018 revenue reports:

• J.P. Morgan Chase, America’s biggest bank, reported record profits of $8.7 billion, up 35%.

• Bank of America reported record quarterly profits of $6.9 billion, up 30%, the company announced on last Monday.

• Wells Fargo reported preliminary profits of $5.9 billion, up 5%. (Wells Fargo noted that their results could change pending possible monetary penalties from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency).

• Citigroup reported profits of $4.6 billion, the highest in almost three years and up 13% over last year.

• Goldman Sachs reported $2.3 billion in profits, up 26%, according to the bank’s quarterly report released last  Monday.

J.P Morgan, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs specifically called out the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in their quarterly report because it lowered the corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%.

Bank of America noted that the tax law reduced its corporate tax rate by 9 percentage points. Goldman Sachs said its effective tax rate for the first quarter of 2018 was 17.2 percent, compared with 61.5% for all of 2017. J.P. Morgan saved some $240 million as a result of Trump’s tax cut.

“The global economy continues to do well, and we remain optimistic about the positive impact of tax reform in the U.S. as business sentiment remains upbeat, and consumers benefit from job and wage growth,” J.P. Morgan Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon said after the release of the earnings report.