student loans

Overall Inflation May Be Steady, but Food Prices Tick Up Again

Overall Inflation May Be Steady, but Food Prices Tick Up Again
Overall Inflation May Be Steady, but Food Prices Tick Up Again
August 10, 2023  |  Economy

July’s consumer-price index (CPI) showed inflation rising, overall, at a relatively steady pace. But in the devil’s in the details, as they say, and the...

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Report: 300K Student Loan Borrowers Have Died Since Moratorium
Report: 300K Student Loan Borrowers Have Died Since Moratorium
August 07, 2023  |  Loans

Roughly 300,000 student loan borrowers have died since the federal government’s 2020 loan moratorium. And according to a report Monday (Aug. 7) by Bloomberg News, that means...

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CFPB: 44% of Student Loan Borrowers Getting New Providers
CFPB: 44% of Student Loan Borrowers Getting New Providers
July 30, 2023  |  Consumer Finance

When student loans resume this fall, many borrowers will send payments to new providers. Roughly 44% of federal student loan borrowers will have a new...

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Nearly 8% of Borrowers Who Have Not Repaid Student Loans Say They Never Will
Nearly 8% of Borrowers Who Have Not Repaid Student Loans Say They Never Will
July 27, 2023  |  Loans

When it comes to student loans, it’s been three-plus years of paused repayment, a span in which many consumers have seen their financial lifestyle upended...

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Earnest and Nova Credit Team to Offer Loans for International Students
Earnest and Nova Credit Team to Offer Loans for International Students
July 17, 2023  |  Loans

FinTech Earnest has teamed with Nova Credit to offer private student loans for international students. The partnership, announced Monday (July 17), is happening at a time when foreign-born students make up...

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Biden Administration to Forgive $116.6 Billion in Student Loans
Biden Administration to Forgive $116.6 Billion in Student Loans
July 14, 2023  |  Loans

The Biden-Harris Administration is providing more than $116.6 billion in student loan forgiveness to 3.4 million borrowers. The Department of Education will begin notifying 804,000 of those...

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Will Inflation’s Cooling Pace Heat Up Consumer Spending as Summer Wanes?
Will Inflation’s Cooling Pace Heat Up Consumer Spending as Summer Wanes?
July 12, 2023  |  Economy

The torrid pace of inflation is torrid no longer. At least judging by the data for June. The question remains, however, whether the fact that...

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Millennials Worry Less About Inflation and More About Paying Back Student Loans
Millennials Worry Less About Inflation and More About Paying Back Student Loans
July 07, 2023  |  Loans

United States consumers take out student loans in hopes that a college education for their children or themselves will contribute to a higher income later...

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