Student loans

Don’t count out more rate hikes due to strong jobs market, former Fed governor Kroszner suggests

Don’t count out additional interest rate hikes, according to former Federal Reserve governor Randall Kroszner. Kroszner, who’s now a University…

15 years of low interest rates reshaped the U.S. economy. Here’s what’s changing as rates stay higher for longer

The United States is entering a new economic era as the Federal Reserve has been hiking its benchmark interest rate.…

When student debt payments restart, your loan type will make a big difference

The looming end of a pandemic-era pause to student loan payments and interest puts a spotlight on a big difference…

Is Biden’s $39 billion student loan forgiveness action legal? ‘Be assured it’s going to stay,’ says expert

The Biden administration Friday said it would forgive $39 billion of student debt for 804,000 borrowers, many of whom may…

As student loan payments restart, can employers be a firewall for borrowers? Some groups hope so

As Americans with student loan debt brace for their monthly payments to restart and recover from the recent sting of…

FTC warns about student loan scams following Supreme Court decision

Scammers are likely to target student loan borrowers after the Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration’s debt forgiveness plan…

Biden says Supreme Court ‘misinterpreted the Constitution’ in rejecting student loan relief

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Friday he’ll give a second go at his student debt relief plan, rooting it…

What’s in the debt ceiling deal struck by Biden and McCarthy?

President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday signed off on an agreement to temporarily suspend the debt ceiling and…