Student loan debt in America has ballooned by more than 511 percent since 1999 to about $930 billion, and that has many people sounding alarms about that debt potentially causing another bubble. During that same period, all other household debt rose 100 percent; that includes credit card debt, autos and mortgages.
Debt affects economy
A Fox News article quoted Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of financial aid Web site Finaid, as saying, “Student loan debt has become a macroeconomic factor; it affects the economy. Students who graduate with excessive debt are more likely to delay buying a car, buying a house, getting married, having children, saving for their retirement….They’re spending less because they first have to tackle their student loan debt.”
Because so many students are graduating with limited job prospects, there is a growing fear that even more people won’t be able to repay student loan debt if the economy continues to stumble. Because m
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