Economic Issues

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Education Department to Restart Student Loan Wage Garnishment in January

The step is the first use of wage seizures since the pandemic pause and signals a tougher collections approach under existing federal law.

Longitudinal Study Finds One in Four U.S. Adults Faces Unaffordable Care or Skips Treatment

Arizona Erases Medical Debt for 141,000 More Residents

China Launches One-Off Credit Repair to Erase Small Overdue Debts From Records

Student Loan Overhaul Triggers Dec. 31 Deadline for Some SAVE Borrowers

Tinubu Names New Chiefs for Nigeria’s Oil Regulators After Resignations

Labor Department Sends UI Strike Team to Minnesota for Targeted Fraud Review

Nigeria's House Moves to Mediate Dangote–NMDPRA Dispute and Opens Inquiry Into Fuel Import Licences

Education Department Seeks Court Approval to Terminate SAVE Repayment Plan

Watchdog Flags $61–$97 Billion Decade Gap for Pell Grants After One-Time Fix

Colorado Springs Report Finds 27,700-Home Shortfall, Calls for 60,000 More by 2035

Analysis Ties Trump’s Tariffs to Rising Import Costs and Small-Business Job Losses

ComEd Sets Jan. 1 Launch for Income-Based Power Bill Discounts

Education Department to Expand Income-Based Repayment Eligibility This Month

Anna Breman Takes Charge at RBNZ After Rate Cut Signals Pause

Krugman Warns Trump Allies Are Mounting a 'War on Financial Stability'

ED Raids 21 Sites in Multi-City Probe of Alleged Aarudhra Gold Ponzi Scheme

Ron Johnson Says U.S. Can’t Afford Trump’s $2,000 Tariff Checks

IFAC Says Government Is ‘Budgeting Like There’s No Tomorrow’ as Underlying Deficit Widens

Noida IT Engineer Takes Rapido Gig to Cover Home Loan After Job Loss