Will federal student loan be given with zero interest in the US by 2050?
Will federal student loan be given with zero interest in the US by 2050?
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Resolves to Yes if the federal government began to offer zero interest student loan to college students by 2050. the zero interest rate has to apply to at least 90% of all US students. Conditional (e.g. income based) zero interest rate is not sufficient for this market to resolves Yes
Given this market intend to track improvement in US college affordability, if public university became tuition free, or if there are policies that results in a majority of newly initiated student loans being forgiven, this market also Resolves Yes.
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