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Who benefits from a break on federal student loan payments? An economist answers 3 questions

Who benefits from a break on federal student loan payments? An economist answers 3 questions

Economist William Chittenden illuminates who benefits and who pays when borrowers get a break on paying back their federal student loans. 1. How helpful is this pause to individual borrowers? It depends. 18.1 million borrowers – out of 43.4 million borrowers – were making federal student loan payments prior to the current loan pause. Now, these borrowers will continue […] … learn more→