Pension payments after April increased for the first time in three years, but actually decreased

Although the amount of pension payments after April will be raised from the previous year for the first time in three years, due to a measure called "macroeconomic slide" to secure future payment sources, the rate of increase in payment amounts will be affected by prices and wages. will be kept lower than the rate of increase of

The amount of pension benefits is revised every year according to fluctuations in prices

and

wages

. In response, we announced the amount of public pension payments from April this year.

According to this, the amount of payment will be raised from the previous fiscal year for the first time in three years, and will increase by

2.2% for those aged 67 and under and

1.9% for those aged 68 and over

.

Specifically, the national pension received by the self-employed will be

increased by 1,434 yen to 66,250 yen per month for those under the age of 67, and 66,050 yen

per month for those aged 68 and over by 1,234 yen.

In addition, the

welfare pension will increase by 4,889 yen to 224,482 yen per month for model households of husbands and full-time housewives who were both office workers under the age of 67.

However, in this revision, a measure called "macroeconomic indexation," which keeps the growth rate of pension payments lower than the growth rate of prices and wages, was applied for the first time in three years, in order to secure future financial resources for benefits. Since the elongation rate was reduced by 0.6% compared to the original growth rate, it will actually decrease.