
The student loan pause has been extended until the end of the summer
NPRThe student loan pause has been extended until the end of the summer Enlarge this image toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is again extending the moratorium on federal student loan payments, interest and collections, this time until summer's end, Aug. 31. According to the latest department data, 500,000 federal student loan borrowers – out of more than 43 million – have been repaying their loans during the pause. Borrowers in default are getting a fresh start Perhaps the biggest news of today's announcement wasn't the extension itself, which was the worst-kept secret in Washington for weeks, but this vague line from the Education Department's press release: "The Department will continue to assess the financial impacts of the pandemic on student loan borrowers and to prepare to transition borrowers smoothly back into repayment. Sponsor Message This is big news for the roughly 7 million borrowers whose federal student loans are currently in default, many of whom had wages garnished and Social Security benefits withheld before the pandemic.
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