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Along with summer comes changes to student loans Lastest Parent Student Loans News

Along with summer comes changes to student loans
Among this year’s changes is a big one: All federal student loans will come directly from the government.
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Student Lenders Cited For Violating Federal Inducement Rules
Student Lenders Cited For Violating Federal Inducement Rules…
Unemployment: Stress Tests, Unemployed over 26 Weeks, Diffusion Index
Note: earlier Employment post: Employment Report: 247K Jobs Lost, 9.4% Unemployment Rate . The earlier post includes a comparison to previous recessions. Stress Test Scenarios Click on graph for larger image in new window. This graph shows the unemployment rate compared to the stress test economic scenarios on a quarterly…
CRE Report: U.S. Postal Service Might Consolidate up to 14 million Square Feet
From Costar: Post Office Looking at Consolidation of 3,243 of its 4,851 Largest Branches and Stations (ht John) The Postal Service sent a notice to American Postal Workers Union executives this summer that it was considering consolidation options in every major metro market in the country and would consider closing…
The Great Preventer
From The New York Times : LAST week Ben Bernanke appeared before Congress, setting off a discussion over whether the president should reappoint him as chairman of the Federal Reserve when his term ends next January. Mr. Bernanke deserves to be reappointed. Both the conventional and unconventional decisions made…
Weekly Unemployment Claims
NOTE: The seasonally adjusted weekly claims numbers is being impacted by the layoffs in the automobile industry. Usually auto companies cut back production in the summer, and the numbers are adjusted for that pattern – but this year the companies cut back much earlier. This distortion appears much smaller this…



