New legislation has been introduced in both the House and Senate that would allow college graduates of 2020 to pause their student loan payments interest-free for three years. Due to the coronavirus crisis, under the CARES Act, the U.S. Department of Education has already given federal student debt borrowers the ability to make no payments ..read more

Some 42 million Americans are getting an interest-rate breather on their student loans right now, thanks to a Trump administration action that eliminated federal loan interest charges during the COVID-19 crisis. President Donald Trump announced the decision back on March 13 when he declared a national emergency. “To help our students and their families, I’ve ..read more

Americans now owe a total of $14.15 trillion in household debt, according to the Federal Reserve, the highest level ever recorded. Household debt grew by $601 billion in 2019, at the fastest pace since 2007, right before the financial crisis. “Mortgage originations, including refinances, increased significantly in the final quarter of 2019, with auto loan ..read more

Total U.S. student loan debt has reached a new high of $1.56 trillion this year, according to data from the U.S. Department of Education. That debt load is spread out among 44.7 million borrowers, making for an average student loan debt of $32,731. College loan debt is now the second highest consumer debt category ..read more

Total U.S. household debt rose 0.7% in the third quarter to $14 trillion, a new all-time high, according to data from the New York Federal Reserve. Household debt – including things like mortgages, credit cards, student loan – has now surpassed the previous high from 2008 by $1.3 trillion on an unadjusted basis. Most of ..read more

Only 54% of all U.S. borrowers with student loan debt make consistent monthly payments, according to a study from the JPMorgan Chase Institute, with the rest falling delinquent or making larger, less-frequent payments. Student loan debt has skyrocketed over the past 10 years, with outstanding loan balances doubling in that period. The Federal Reserve Bank ..read more

While the majority of car loan borrowers continue to have high credit scores, lenders have increased their loans to subprime borrowers over the past year, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The New York Fed’s Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit for the 2019 first quarter found that those with credit ..read more

Less than 1% of borrowers nationwide have been able to take advantage of federal public service loan forgiveness, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Education. As of the end of 2018, there have been 65,500 loan forgiveness applications filed by those with outstanding student debt. The Education Department has processed 58,000, so ..read more