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- August 24, 2026
$40 Trillion and Counting: The National Debt Keeps Climbing.
The national debt passed the $40 trillion mark last week. While the record number is staggering on its face, equally
- Collection Industry News
- August 17, 2026
US national debt passes $40tn after doubling in a decade
US national debt has more than doubled in a decade to reach a milestone $40tn (£29.4tn), Treasury figures show. The
- Collection Industry News
- August 10, 2026
U.S. Senate passes short-term funding bill to avert federal shutdown before election
The Republican-led U.S. Senate passed a temporary measure to fund federal agencies through December 11 on Saturday, in a move
- Collection Industry News
- August 3, 2026
Treasury yields are steady as Kashkari says time to raise rates, ADP jobs data is weak
U.S. Treasury yields held steady on Wednesday as traders mulled over the outlook for interest rates and weighed a weaker-than-expected jobs
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- August 18, 2026
US credit card debt climbs to $1.26tn, nearing last
- August 13, 2026
Credit card debt climbs to $1.26 trillion as ‘K-shaped’
- July 28, 2026
US corporate bankruptcies hover at 16-year high: S&P
Editorial News
- August 25, 2026
Why the bond market may be resetting expectations about the
- August 20, 2026
Dollar edges up, loonie drops after U.S. announces tariffs
- August 12, 2026
U.S. budget deficit surged in July to highest level since
- August 7, 2026
How much can debt forgiveness save on a $20,000 balance
Educational News
- August 11, 2026
Student loan borrowers face steeper ‘marriage penalty’ under new
- August 5, 2026
States expand student loan options as new federal borrowing
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- August 19, 2026
Education Department recalculates student loan forgiveness counts, setting some PSLF borrowers back
The U.S. Department of Education is reevaluating account histories for borrowers pursuing Public Service Loan Forgiveness — in some cases, reducing the number of qualifying payments and
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- August 11, 2026
Student loan borrowers face steeper ‘marriage penalty’ under new repayment plan
Married student loan holders — and those soon tying the knot — face important tax and financial decisions, especially after recent changes to the federal lending system. The
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- August 5, 2026
States expand student loan options as new federal borrowing caps take effect
As borrowers come up against new federal limits on student debt, they may encounter financing options from an unexpected source: their state. But don’t assume these government-backed
- Collection Industry News
- July 30, 2026
How high hopes for Biden’s student-loan forgiveness plans cost borrowers
When then-President Joe Biden announced his first federal student loan forgiveness plan in August 2022, he predicted that it would lift tens of millions of Americans out










