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by im-a-baby 1331 days ago
This seems unnecessarily pedantic. Powell has said he believes the tight labor market is driving inflation. It's a totally fair characterization to say "Powell believes the labor market is too tight" given his statements. In this case, "too tight" means "tight to the point of causing inflation"
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> Powell has said he believes the tight labor market is driving inflation

No, he has said nominal wage growth is driving inflation. Wages and unemployment are related but not the same thing.

What do you think is driving nominal wage growth if not low unemployment?