The good, the bad, and the complex of student loan caps
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🗓️ 29 June 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Major shifts to federal student aid kick in on July 1, including strict limits on how much graduate students can borrow from the federal government. The new loan caps raise questions about who can access graduate education in the U.S., who should pay for it, and whether the country’s workforce pipeline can keep pace with the growing demand for highly-skilled professionals. We'll also preview this week's economic data releases, including consumer confidence and the June jobs report.
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| 0:55.0 | A short market week with big economic reports. |
| 0:59.2 | From Marketplace in Washington, I'm Kimberly Adams. |
| 1:02.4 | We have a busy week ahead in economic news. |
| 1:05.0 | We're waiting on Supreme Court rulings that will have major repercussions for the Federal Reserve, |
| 1:09.8 | as well as presidential power over executive agencies. |
| 1:13.4 | Not to mention, some key data releases that will help us get a sense of how our economy overall is faring. |
| 1:19.7 | For more on that aspect of the week ahead, we've got Julia Coronado, founder and president of macro policy perspectives, and professor at the University of Texas, Austin. Good |
| 1:29.1 | morning, Julia. Good morning. We have a shortened trading week because of the 4th of July holiday, |
| 1:35.0 | so the jobs report that would usually come out on Friday is coming on Thursday. What will you be |
| 1:40.3 | looking out for in the June report? Well, we've had a string of pretty strong numbers, and we are |
| 1:47.3 | looking to see whether that continues or whether some of that was, for example, a pull forward of |
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