how long it is going to last? is it a few weeks, is it a few months, is it well into next year? and as you can imagine, it's become a real line of attack against him by his opponents, because when prices rise, when the cost of living goes up, of course it's going to be a political sore point for the party in power, and it is something that the opponents, the republican party, can use. i don't think it helps him that he's trying to pursue his spending bills, his build back better plan as well. but he has maintained that things will go down eventually, that this is just a peak, and the white house points out that whilst inflation has gone up, the unemployment rate has gone down and that the wages have gone up, so these are the silver linings they say, but then critics sort of hit back at that and say, well, wages haven't gone up nearly enough, as much as they should in order to keep up with the pace of prices.