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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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20.03.26 - 12:24
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US-Tech-Giganten treiben Anleihenmarkt mit KI-Wachstum an (Anleihencheck)
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Wien (www.anleihencheck.de) - Der US-Anleihenmarkt erlebt durch die Tech-Giganten einen außergewöhnlichen Boom, so Hannes Kusstatscher, Senior Fund Manager - Fixed Income bei Erste Asset Management.
Um Kapital für ihre massiven Investitionen in KI und Rechenzentren zu beschaffen, würden Unternehmen wie Alphabet, Meta oder Oracle verstärkt den Markt für Unternehmensanleihen nutzen und dort auf hohe Nachfrage treffen. [mehr]...
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20.03.26 - 07:42
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US may remove sanctions on Iranian oil stranded in tankers, treasury secretary says (The Guardian)
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Scott Bessent says actions will increase oil supply and bring down prices, but long-term effects in questionMiddle East crisis – live updates The US may soon remove sanctions on Iranian oil stranded on tankers at sea, the treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said on Thursday as Washington seeks to curb prices soaring over Iran's closure of the strait of Hormuz.“In the coming days, we may un-sanction the Iranian oil that's on the water. It's about 140m barrels,” Bessent said during an appearance on Fox Business Network's Mornings with Maria. Continue reading......
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19.03.26 - 22:48
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Bond Markets Hit by Oil Shock (Bloomberg)
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Matthew Diczok, head of fixed income strategy, Merrill and Bank of America Private Bank said the market doesn't expect their to be a sustained increase in energy.
he world's bond markets were whipsawed by unusual volatility as investors rushed to bet on higher interest rates after key central banks signaled fresh concern the surge in oil prices will deliver an inflation shock.
Three weeks into the war in Iran, the fallout unleashed a major repricing of short-term bonds during much of Thursday's trading day by dashing once widespread expectations that central banks would cut rates this year to spur growth.
The selloff was led by the UK, where the surge in yields held echoes of 2022, when former Prime Minister Liz Truss' fiscal plans sent the market into a tailspin. The two-year rate jumped as much as 40 basis points to 4.49% after the Bank of England on Thursday said it “stands ready” to act to prevent inflation from accelerating. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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