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Good morning, Opening Bell crew. Senior reporter Phil Rosen here. 

Yesterday, Fed Chair Jerome Powell gave a speech at the Economic Club of Washington, saying the stronger-than-expected labor market is going to make the inflation fight difficult.

"It kind of shows you why we think this will be a process that takes a significant period of time," Powell said, adding that the path forward is "probably going to be bumpy." 

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Good morning. I'm senior reporter Phil Rosen. 

Thursday's jobs data showed the labor market right now basically resembles the opposite of what it should look like ahead of a recession. It's as robust as ever, even as fears of a downturn have yet to abate. Not to mention the economy itself, which is still growing.