Author: Daniel snow

Most federal student loan borrowers have been required to make monthly payments since those payments resumed in October 2023, following the nearly four-year pandemic pause. But borrowers who couldn’t or didn’t over that period were still shielded from some of the potential consequences, like having their delinquency reported to credit bureaus or defaulted loans sent to collections. That grace period has come to an end. Loan servicers began reporting delinquent accounts to credit bureaus in January 2025 and wage garnishments for borrowers who are more than 270 days late on payments are expected to resume soon.For borrowers who weren’t aware or couldn’t…

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump.Mikhail Metzel | Evelyn Hockstein | Via ReutersU.S. President Donald Trump will speak separately with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday in hopes of ending the “bloodbath” in Ukraine, amid concerns over Washington’s ongoing push to broker peace-making.”HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE A PRODUCTIVE DAY, A CEASEFIRE WILL TAKE PLACE, AND THIS VERY VIOLENT WAR, A WAR THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED, WILL END,” Trump wrote on his Truth social media platform Saturday in his customary all-capitalized comments.The subject of the call will be trade and stopping the “bloodbath” of Russian and…

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Atlanta Fed Chair Raphael Bostic told CNBC on Monday that he currently prefers only one rate cut this year as the central bank tries to balance potential upward pressures on inflation with worries of a recession.The U.S. central bank released projections in March that pointed toward two quarter-point rate cuts in 2025. However, Bostic said Monday that the tariffs have been larger than the Fed expected at the start of the year.”For me right now, I’m expecting it’s going to take a bit longer for that to sort out. … I’m leaning much more into one cut this year, because…

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