<div id="artAd"><!-- /30349040/Korea_JA/article/PC/mid_336x280(1) --><div class="artBanner-pc"><div id="div-gpt-ad-1652252212621-0"><!-- script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1652252212621-0"); });</script --></div> <!--/30349040/Korea_JA/article/PC/mid_336x280(2) --><div id="div-gpt-ad-1652253032327-0"></div></div> <div class="artBanner-mo"><br><!-- /30349040/Korea_JA/article/MO/mid_336x280 --><div id="div-gpt-ad-1652254829198-0"><!-- script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1652254829198-0"); });</script --></div></div> </div> <h1 class="view-article-title serif">Rising rates</h1> <div class="ab_photo photo_center "> <div class="image"> <img alt="A banner advertises the interest rates of a bank's savings accounts in Seoul, Monday. Following rapid price hikes, the balance of retirement accounts at savings banks surpassed 30 trillion won ($23 billion) this year. [YONHAP]" src="https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/12/19/d1775523-746b-49eb-995e-943edd7cf6e1.jpg"> <span class="mask"></span> </div> <p class="caption">A banner advertises the interest rates of a bank's savings accounts in Seoul, Monday. Following rapid price hikes, the balance of retirement accounts at savings banks surpassed 30 trillion won ($23 billion) this year. [YONHAP]</p> </div> <br> <br>