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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2023
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Staff Report No. 1046
Verlag: 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, NY
Zusammenfassung: 
We quantify the total stock of balances eligible for the 2022 federal student loan forgiveness policy and explore which groups benefit most. Roughly $441 billion in balances are eligible for forgiveness, which would leave almost 40 percent of federal borrowers with no remaining balance. The borrowers who benefit most, as measured by the ratio of forgiven balances to balances held, are younger, have lower credit scores, and live in lower-income neighborhoods. Compared to other salient fiscal policies, the forgiveness policy distributes less benefit to lower income ZIP codes than the Earned Income Tax Credit, but more benefit to lower income ZIP codes than the 2019 Child Tax Credit and the 2019 education tax credits for higher education. Lastly, we note a recent uptick in credit card and auto loan delinquency for student loan borrowers that may portend more widespread payment difficulties for borrowers if payments resume without relief.
Schlagwörter: 
student loans
debt forgiveness
COVID-19
consumer finance
JEL: 
H22
H31
H52
I22
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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