Here's what the Fed rate hike means for your salary

American workers have seen their wages climb faster than at any time since the mid-1980s. But inflation has risen so fast that workers have actually been handed a pay cut instead.

Every time inflation ticks up, it takes a bite out of workers' pay and chews away at their bank accounts. And this current stretch of inflation -- triggered by a confluence of events, including the war in Ukraine and the ongoing pandemic -- has had a voracious appetite. READ MORE