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23.03.26 - 00:12
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US Treasury To Partner With Education Department To Collect Student Loan Debt (ZeroHedge)
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US Treasury To Partner With Education Department To Collect Student Loan Debt
Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Department of Education (ED) jointly announced a new partnership under which the Treasury will assume responsibility for collecting on defaulted federal student loan debt, according to a March 19 joint statement from the departments.
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Jan. 13, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
The Federal Student Assistance Partnership will enhance the administration of student aid programs, mitigate any fallout and cost to taxpayers from mismanagement of the federal student loan portfolio, and facilitate the return of defaulted borrowers to repayment.
“As student loan debt nears $1.7 Trillion, it's clear that [the ED] was never intended to serve as our nation's fifth largest bank,” U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon ...
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22.03.26 - 15:36
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What Do Bonds Know That The Stock Market Doesn′t? (ZeroHedge)
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What Do Bonds Know That The Stock Market Doesn't?
Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com,
Most investors spend their time watching the S&P 500. That's a mistake, because the credit market is the real “tell.” The bond market has been whispering a warning for weeks now, and credit spreads are now shouting it. As of this writing, the CDX Index, a benchmark measure of credit default swap spreads, has climbed to a nine-month high while the S&P 500 sits within 5% of its all-time peak. Over the past 20 years, every time that combination appeared, a bear market followed. Every single time.
That's a track record worth taking seriously, and credit spreads are critical to understanding market sentiment and predicting potential stock market downturns. A credit spread refers to the difference in yield between two bonds of similar maturity but different credit quality. This comparison often involves Treasury bonds (considered risk-free) and corporate bonds (which carry default r...
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