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New Study Finds Student Loan Pause is Regressive
A recent analysis by Diego Briones, Sarah Turner, and Eileen Powell of the University of Virginia found that the current student loan payment pause...
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Student Loan Pause Could Cost $275 Billion
Note: (11/22/2022): The Department of Education announced it would extend the pause to the sooner of 60 days after resolution of the student debt...
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Student Debt Cancellation is Not Financially Justified
The White House has justified the unilateral implementation of its $400 billion student debt cancellation plan based on authority the Secretary of...
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Is Biden's Student Debt Cancellation Plan Still Regressive?
The Biden Administration’s new $420 billion student debt cancellation and repayment pause plan will deliver the majority of the benefits to those in...
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Student Loan IDR Changes Are Highly Problematic, Report Shows
While much attention has been paid to President Biden's costly and inflationary plan to cancel $10,000 to $20,000 of student debt, his proposed...
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Ending the Student Debt Pause in January is a Cost, Not an Offset
Last week, the Biden administration announced a plan to forgive a portion of outstanding student debt, extend the moratorium on student loan payments...
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How Long Before Cancelled Student Debt Would Return?
Note: This analysis has been updated to reflect President Biden’s announced cancellation plan . You can read the original version here. President...
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Michael Murphy: Biden's student debt 'cancellation' defies sense, drives deficit
Michael Murphy is the chief of staff and director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget's FixUs initiative. He recently wrote an opinion...
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Latest Student Loan Payment Pause Brings Total Cost to $155 Billion
The Biden Administration announced another extension of the student loan repayment moratorium through the end of December as part of their larger...
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Maya MacGuineas: Biden’s Student Loan Plan Will Come at a Steep Cost for the Economy
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...
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Student Debt Changes Would Boost Inflation
The student debt cancellation and relief measures announced earlier this week by the Biden Administration would cost around $500 billion over a decade...
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White House Should Produce Debt Cancellation Cost Estimates
Two days after announcing executive action to cancel large amounts of student debt, the White House has failed to produce either a cost estimate or a...