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Student loan changes arguably a fiscal tightening

President Biden has finally unveiled a plan to forgive some student debt via executive order. But the accompanying announcement that the pandemic-era moratorium on student debt will definitely expire at the end of this year means that the changes arguably amount to a net fiscal tightening.

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