If trends continue, by 2024 Washington could be on the hook for over $500 bln. READ MORE

TOTAL STUDENT LOANS

Adjust future average annual loan balance growth:

12.9%

GOVERNMENT BACKED DELINQUENCIES

Adjust 90+ day delinquency rate in 2024:

14%
The U.S. government already guarantees 90 percent of the over $1 trillion of student debt outstanding, a balance which is rising fast. Use the input sliders for future growth and the extent to which borrowers are more than 90 days behind on payments to show what Washington's exposure to bad education loans could look like in a decade compared with the size of recent bailouts.


Source: New York Federal Reserve, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Breakingviews analysis