Kathianne
03-04-2013, 05:59 PM
That which cannot be sustained, won't be:
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/194352801.html
Total student debt has nearly tripled over the past eight years, according to a new report from the New York Federal Reserve (http://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2013/02/just-released-press-briefing-on-household-debt-and-credit.html).
The number of borrowers and the average balance per person have grown, along with the number of borrowers past due on student loan payments, the report found.
Total student debt stands at $966 billion as of the fourth quarter of 2012, the N.Y. Fed said in press materials, with a 70% increase in both the number of borrowers and the average balance per person. The overall number of borrowers past due on student loan payments has grown from under 10% in 2004 to 17% in 2012.
Fewer people with student loans are buying homes, according to data in the report. Of borrowers ages 25 to 30 who are taking out new mortgages, the percentage of those with student debt has fallen by half, from nearly 9% in 2005 to just above 4% in 2012.
"The higher burden of student loans and higher delinquencies may affect borrowers' access to other types of credit and the performance of other debt," the fed report concluded.
Educational debt is now the largest consumer liability after mortgages.
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http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/194352801.html
Total student debt has nearly tripled over the past eight years, according to a new report from the New York Federal Reserve (http://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2013/02/just-released-press-briefing-on-household-debt-and-credit.html).
The number of borrowers and the average balance per person have grown, along with the number of borrowers past due on student loan payments, the report found.
Total student debt stands at $966 billion as of the fourth quarter of 2012, the N.Y. Fed said in press materials, with a 70% increase in both the number of borrowers and the average balance per person. The overall number of borrowers past due on student loan payments has grown from under 10% in 2004 to 17% in 2012.
Fewer people with student loans are buying homes, according to data in the report. Of borrowers ages 25 to 30 who are taking out new mortgages, the percentage of those with student debt has fallen by half, from nearly 9% in 2005 to just above 4% in 2012.
"The higher burden of student loans and higher delinquencies may affect borrowers' access to other types of credit and the performance of other debt," the fed report concluded.
Educational debt is now the largest consumer liability after mortgages.
...