A Trillion Dollar Question: What Predicts Student Loan Delinquency Risk?
Posted: 31 Oct 2015
Date Written: October 16, 2015
Abstract
Over the past ten years, the real amount of student debt owed by American households more than doubled, from about $450 billion to more than $1.1 trillion. As a result of this increase, in 2010 student loan debt surpassed credit card debt as the largest class of non-housing consumer debt.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Mezza, Alvaro and Sommer, Kamila, A Trillion Dollar Question: What Predicts Student Loan Delinquency Risk? (October 16, 2015). FEDS Notes No. 2015-10-16 https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1647, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3721666
Alvaro Mezza (Contact Author)
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ( email )
20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20551
United States
Kamila Sommer
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ( email )
20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20551
United States
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