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Defaults on student loans reaching record levels

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Watching Your Wallet: Pros and cons of tapping into home equity

  • May 13

Watching Your Wallet: How to handle a financial squeeze

  • Apr 15

Watching Your Wallet: Using personal loans to manage debt

  • Apr 4

Watching Your Wallet: Where to start with tackling debt

  • Mar 13

Watching Your Wallet: Making a plan for paying off loans

  • Jan 31

'SAVE' student loan forgiveness plan under threat from courts, Trump

  • Jan 22

Watching Your Wallet: Holiday Debt Study

  • Jan 17

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Latest Stories

Watching Your Wallet: The benefits of financial therapy

Anxiety and stress often go hand-in-hand with debt and poor money habits. A local financial resource is expanding its services to help you tackle it.

  • Jan 7

Watching Your Wallet: Avoiding overspending during the holidays

Whether you're shopping in-store or online, impulse buys are the most common way consumers overextend their finances.

  • Dec 15, 2025
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Household debt in America has hit a record high: Report

The debt includes mortgages, car loans, credit cards and student loans.

  • Nov 5, 2025
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Trump administration pledges to speed some student loan forgiveness after lawsuit

The Trump administration has agreed to resume student loan forgiveness for an estimated 2.5 million borrowers who are enrolled in certain in certain federal repayment plans following a lawsuit from the American Federation of Teachers.

  • Oct 23, 2025

Watching Your Wallet: How money can impact our mental health

A recent study from financial services company, Empower, found that Americans spend nearly four hours per day thinking about money.

  • Sep 16, 2025