Some 58 per cent of the respondents in a poll carried out for the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) expect pensions to fall, the public broadcaster quoted the results of the Taloustutkimus poll as saying on Sunday.

YLE added that respondents aged between 25 and 49 held the bleakest views about pensions.

Commissioned by YLE, market research company Taloustutkimus interviewed 726 people and puts the margin of error at three percentage points either way.

STT