Joe Manchin's inflation worries are threatening Biden's agenda, but we might have just passed the peak hysteria over runaway price hikes - NewsBreak

People have been worried about runaway inflation all summer, including Sen. Joe Manchin, but the latest CPI report showed a slowdown. Some of the big pandemic-era drivers of inflation, like used cars, started falling back to earth. Other worrisome "sticky" prices, like rent, haven't shown signs of accelerating yet.