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The State Of Students Loans As End Of Pause On Payments Looms

Nearly 43 million Americans with federal students loans have gotten a break on their monthly payments since March of 2020 — but that pandemic provision is set to expire at the end of January.

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Jill Schlesinger, CBS News business analyst and host of “Jill on Money,” about the state of student loans.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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