South Korea’s Capital Market Projected to Shrink After 2034 Due to Population Aging

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>As South Korea entered a super-aged society at the end of last year, there is a forecast that household assets in the capital market, such as stocks, funds, and bonds, will rapidly shrink after peaking in 2034. This is because the elderly generation aged 65 and over tends to increase their proportion of safe assets like real estate or savings deposits over capital market assets as they age, while the participation rate of the younger generation in the capital market is not increasing.

According to the report titled “Aging and Household Assets and Consumption” released by the Korea Capital Market Institute on Feb. 12, the aging of Korean society is likely to reduce the scale of household capital market asset holdings and shrink the demand for risky assets, including stocks, in the capital market. The research institute analyzed the patterns of capital market asset holdings by generation from 2007 to 2021 (with 2014 as the base value of 100) and predicted that the household capital market asset holdings would peak at approximately 137 in 2034 and then sharply decrease, reaching a level similar to that of 2009 by 2049. In contrast, total assets, net assets, and total financial assets are expected to continue increasing until 2050, albeit at a gradually slower rate.

They need that baby visa 🙂

In all seriousness, this is the end result of unregulated feminism, gender wars, capitalism, no family values and an increasingly sh*t economy.

Just wondering, will this lead to a deflation like what happened in China