Manchin Blames White House, Fed for Slow Response to Inflation

West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, whose opposition derailed President Joe Biden’s economic agenda, blamed the White House and the Federal Reserve for failing to head off inflation, which hit a 40-year high.

“The Federal Reserve and the administration failed to act fast enough, and today’s data is a snapshot in time of the consequences being felt across the country,” Manchin said Tuesday in a statement. “Instead of acting boldly, our elected leaders and the Federal Reserve continue to respond with half-measures and rhetorical failures searching for where to lay the blame.”

Labor Department data released Tuesday showed the ...