The investment company is forecasting that inflation will finish the year at about 3.5%.
Growth in these units helped boost the bank's recent fourth-quarter earnings.
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is the only major bank CEO from the financial crisis still in command.
Turmoil presents new problems when existing ones remain unresolved, as Roubini explained.
The firm expects to add more than 3,000 graduates this year.
BlackRock has become a "political punching bag" from forces on both ends of the spectrum.
"I don't see any chance, frankly, of easing this year," said BlackRock Vice Chairman Philipp Hildebrand.
“This is a molecule crisis. We're out of everything," he said.
Raw materials, and shares of some companies that produce them, hit record highs last year.
The new year has started against a backdrop that includes record dislocations in energy, metals and agriculture.