Executive order extends U.S. federally-held student loan interest freeze until end of 2020
signed an executive order on Saturday directing the Education Department to extend an interest-free payment pause for 40 million student loan borrowers until at least the end of 2020.” data-reactid=”16″>U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Saturday directing the Education Department to extend an interest-free payment pause for 40 million student loan borrowers until at least the end of 2020.
“Currently, many Americans remain unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and many more have accepted lower wages and reduced hours while States and localities continue to impose social distancing measures,” the executive order stated. “It is therefore appropriate to extend this policy until such time that the economy has stabilized, schools have re-opened, and the crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic has subsided.”
Private student loans are unaffected by the executive action action.
NEWS: Trump orders @usedgov to continue suspension of monthly payments and 0 percent interest on all federally-held student loans until Dec. 31.
Here’s the key part of the memo: pic.twitter.com/7NVFftVZT6
— Michael Stratford (@mstratford) August 8, 2020
previous policy of pausing the seizure of wages or tax refunds of Americans who defaulted on their federal student loans.
unclear if borrowers on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program could count these months towards the 120 months of on-time payments that they’re required to make before they can have the remainder of their loans forgiven.” data-reactid=”26″>It’s also unclear if borrowers on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program could count these months towards the 120 months of on-time payments that they’re required to make before they can have the remainder of their loans forgiven.
Yahoo Finance reached out to the Department of Education for clarification and will update this post with an details.
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