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Bank of Korea Warns Chip Bonus Surge Could Stoke Inflation

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The Bank of Korea (BOK) has warned that the massive profit-linked bonuses paid by Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix amid the AI-driven semiconductor boom could complicate the inflation outlook through broader wage growth and stronger consumer demand. Bloomberg Economics analyzed that the performance-linked bonuses at major tech firms are shifting from a company-level labor issue to a macroeconomic transmission channel encompassing household liquidity, asset prices, and wage growth.

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