The good news is the government plans to cancel $3 billion in student debt. The bad news is indexation will still be high

Andrew Norton

The good news is the government plans to cancel $3 billion in student debt. The bad news is indexation will still be high

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The government has decided to make HELP student loan indexation the lesser of CPI inflation or the Wage Price Index and to backdate this change to 2023. This article argues that a capped maximum indexation amount would have been better.

Original language	English
Number of pages	4
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publisher	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 5 May 2024

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