Tag: debt

Pile of newspapers

College graduates learn very quickly that paying hundreds of dollars toward student loans each month makes it difficult to afford things like a nice apartment or a car. But they might not appreciate the long-term consequences of their record levels of borrowing: college debt is an added threat to their retirement security, according to a…

Photo of confusing signs

This was going to be a quick blog post about the new student loan repayment program rolled out by the federal government in January. But the differences between it and the seven plans that preceded it were too confusing to figure out on a tight deadline. This isn’t just the view of one cranky blog…