Student-loan debt reaches $1 trillion

March 22, 2012
Student-loan debt reaches $1 trillion Borrowing keeps rising to cover climbing college tuition

From Business Week: U.S. student-loan debt has reached the $1 trillion mark, according to the initial findings of a government study. The figure, which is higher than the country’s credit-card debt, was probably reached “several months ago,” says Rohit Chopra of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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