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数百万美国人将面临每月500美元的“还款冲击”

数百万美国人将面临每月500美元的“还款冲击”

ALEX TANZI AND BLOOMBERG 2023-07-25
美国人正在为助学贷款暂停支付期的终结做准备。

图片来源:JOSH TLUMACKI—BOSTON GLOBE/GETTY IMAGES

根据环联(TransUnion)的一项新研究,由于9月份联邦学生贷款偿付恢复,数百万美国人每月面临至少500美元的家庭预算冲击。

该信用报告机构调查了约2700万学生贷款借款人所受的影响(他们将在9月份恢复学生贷款偿付,此前由于疫情,学生贷款支付暂停长达三年多时间)。对于许多2020年后毕业的学生来说,这将是他们第一次需要偿还学生贷款。

报告发现,大约一半受影响的学生贷款借款人每月还款额将超过200美元,而大约五分之一的借款人每月还款额将超过500美元。环联表示:“当借款人试图重新调整每月预算以适应这种新的还款额时,他们将经历还款冲击。”

学生贷款偿付恢复对美国消费者来说是另一大不利因素(即使在美联储加息一年多之后,美国消费者支出仍保持弹性,有助于推动经济增长)。

环联的研究发现,许多学生贷款借款人在疫情期间还背负了其他类型的债务,随着利率的上升,还款成本可能会更高,从而加剧了压力。

这些额外的债务“可能会给那些试图将学生贷款重新纳入每月预算的家庭带来更多挑战。”环联消费贷款业务主管利兹·佩格尔(Liz Pagel)说。“至关重要的是,借款人和消费者都必须做好准备,以应对新还款冲击。”

年龄较大的借款人,许多是为了支付子女的教育费用而负债的,他们的学生贷款债务往往较大,月还款额也更高。

拜登政府试图通过贷款减免计划来减轻一些借款人的债务负担,但上个月遭到最高法院的驳回。在最高法院作出这一裁决后,白宫宣布了一项为期12个月的计划,以缓解学生贷款偿付恢复带来的冲击。

到2024年9月底,尽管偿还的利息将继续累积,但未能按月还款的借款人将不会被视为违约,未支付到期价款(分期付款)也不会被报告给征信机构,不会被列为违约,也不会被移交给债务催收机构。(财富中文网)

译者:中慧言-王芳

根据环联(TransUnion)的一项新研究,由于9月份联邦学生贷款偿付恢复,数百万美国人每月面临至少500美元的家庭预算冲击。

该信用报告机构调查了约2700万学生贷款借款人所受的影响(他们将在9月份恢复学生贷款偿付,此前由于疫情,学生贷款支付暂停长达三年多时间)。对于许多2020年后毕业的学生来说,这将是他们第一次需要偿还学生贷款。

报告发现,大约一半受影响的学生贷款借款人每月还款额将超过200美元,而大约五分之一的借款人每月还款额将超过500美元。环联表示:“当借款人试图重新调整每月预算以适应这种新的还款额时,他们将经历还款冲击。”

学生贷款偿付恢复对美国消费者来说是另一大不利因素(即使在美联储加息一年多之后,美国消费者支出仍保持弹性,有助于推动经济增长)。

环联的研究发现,许多学生贷款借款人在疫情期间还背负了其他类型的债务,随着利率的上升,还款成本可能会更高,从而加剧了压力。

这些额外的债务“可能会给那些试图将学生贷款重新纳入每月预算的家庭带来更多挑战。”环联消费贷款业务主管利兹·佩格尔(Liz Pagel)说。“至关重要的是,借款人和消费者都必须做好准备,以应对新还款冲击。”

年龄较大的借款人,许多是为了支付子女的教育费用而负债的,他们的学生贷款债务往往较大,月还款额也更高。

拜登政府试图通过贷款减免计划来减轻一些借款人的债务负担,但上个月遭到最高法院的驳回。在最高法院作出这一裁决后,白宫宣布了一项为期12个月的计划,以缓解学生贷款偿付恢复带来的冲击。

到2024年9月底,尽管偿还的利息将继续累积,但未能按月还款的借款人将不会被视为违约,未支付到期价款(分期付款)也不会被报告给征信机构,不会被列为违约,也不会被移交给债务催收机构。(财富中文网)

译者:中慧言-王芳

Millions of Americans face a hit of at least $500 a month to their household budgets from the restart of federal student loan payments in September, according to a new study by TransUnion.

The credit reporting agency examined the impact on some 27 million student-debt holders who are due to start paying again in September, after a pandemic freeze that lasted more than three years. For many who graduated since 2020, it’ll be the first time they’ve ever had to make the payments.

For about half of the affected student-debt holders, the monthly payment will be above $200 a month, while for about one in five it will be more than $500, the report found. “Borrowers will experience a payment shock as they attempt to recalibrate their monthly budgets to accommodate this new payment,” TransUnion said.

The student-debt restart is another headwind for US consumers, whose resilient spending has helped keep the economy expanding even after more than a year of interest-rate increases by the Federal Reserve.

Compounding the strain, many of the student-loan borrowers have taken on other kinds of debt during the pandemic, likely at a higher cost as rates went up, the TransUnion study found.

Those additional debts “may pose added challenges for households attempting to reintegrate student loan payments into their monthly budget,” said Liz Pagel, head of TransUnion’s consumer lending business. “It’s important for both lenders and consumers to be prepared for this new payment shock.”

Older borrowers, many who have taken on debt to pay for the education of their children, tend to have larger student loan debts and bigger monthly payments.

The Biden administration’s effort to ease the debt burden for some borrowers with loan forgiveness was blocked by the Supreme Court last month. After that ruling, the White House announced a 12-month program to cushion the blow of payment resumption.

Through the end of September 2024, borrowers who fail to make monthly payments will not be considered delinquent, and the missed installment will not be reported to credit bureaus, placed in default or referred to debt collection agencies, although interest will continue to accrue.

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