“Graying of American debt,” The NY Fed Reserve calls it. Politico reports that “debt held by borrowers between the ages of 50 and 80 increased by about 60 percent from 2004-16, with student loan debt more than doubling.” Read more here.
PERSPECTIVES: Student Debt Crisis Doesn’t End With Retirement
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