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Student Loan Interest Rates: History, Subsidies, and Cost

Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2012 12:49 PM EST

Article Source: NewAmerica.net

education, student-loans, higher-education, college-affordability, student-aid, federal-financial-aid-policy

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This issue brief details the history of federal student loan interest rates, including the decisions that led to today’s fixed rates and the pending rate increase. It also examines the popular argument that current rates are unfavorable for borrowers and disputes the claim that student loans earn revenue for the government.

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