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WSJ Your Money Briefing

Your Student Loans Are Due Next Month. Are You Ready?

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

3.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Interest on student loans began accruing on Sept. 1 and payments are due next month. WSJ’s Julia Carpenter joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss how borrowers should prepare to resume making payments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by London Business School.

0:03.8

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0:08.8

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0:11.8

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0:15.0

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0:18.6

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0:21.4

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0:23.8

Navigate the now and be prepared for what's next with London Business School.

0:31.0

Here's your money briefing for Wednesday, September 6th.

0:35.0

I'm JR Whalen for the Wall Street Journal.

0:40.0

Three and a half years after student loan payments were paused,

0:44.0

they're set to resume in October.

0:46.0

Are you prepared to take on those monthly charges?

0:48.0

The Department of Education has a loan simulator tool on studentaid.gov

0:53.0

that allows you to input things like your income, your family size,

0:56.0

these other criteria that would change what plan you qualify for and why.

1:01.0

We'll talk to Wall Street Journal personal finance reporter Julia Carpenter after the break.

1:14.0

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1:19.0

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1:22.0

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1:25.0

and thinkers as we tackle a variety of topics like why the best employees can make the worst bosses,

1:32.0

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