Among borrowers who owe payments on their federal student loans, 13% were not making any payments during the “on-ramp period”: a year-long period of temporary flexibility to help transition borrowers back into repayment after a more than three-year pause on payments and interest accumulation that began during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more from the recent Pew Charitable Trusts survey conducted on the SSRS Opinion Panel.
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