[PeterPrinciple]

Around 9.7 million student loan borrowers became past-due on their bills after the Covid-era payment pause expired,

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how many were past due before?

[Steven Scharf]

This link is in the attached article.

The second chart and accompanying paragraphs indicatie the delinquency rate was about 14-15% before the world wide kerfuffle.

https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2025/03/credit-score-impacts-from-past-due-student-loan-payments/