Social Security

Too many recent graduates are awash in debt and this will hamper not only their ability to save but also to spend and to help the economy grow.

Minnesota ranks fifth in the nation for student debt, and fourth for its proportion of students shouldering college debt loads.

As part of its most recent report on household credit, the NY Fed has produced a neat pair of maps detailing which states have the highest education debt burdens and which have highest delinquency rates. The two pictures overlap less than you might expect.