Credit Union Compensation Is Not Keeping Up With Inflation
Wage growth for full-time equivalent employees has stayed well above the Consumer Price Index for years, but surging inflation has turned the tables, resulting in a nearly six-point gap.
Wage growth for full-time equivalent employees has stayed well above the Consumer Price Index for years, but surging inflation has turned the tables, resulting in a nearly six-point gap.
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Institutions designated to serve low-income memberships – shops that may be more reliant on fee revenue than others – are seeing those funds fall at a faster rate than non-LICUs.
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