“Pension schemes increase retirement income in real terms in order to maintain standard of living”. 1) To maintain living standard, pension schemes should maintain retirement income in real terms, rather than increase?
Yes, I see what you mean; the retirement income definitely needs to increase in nominal terms, but why not just remain constant in real terms? That would all be fine unless the cost of living increased at a rate other than that of retail prices. The cost of care in retirement is likely to increase at a rate greater than price inflation, so an increasing income will be needed to match it.
