Kazakhstan Launches State Debt Management Council

ASTANA – Kazakhstan has established a State Debt Management Council to improve coordination of public borrowing and develop the government securities market, the Ministry of Finance reported on Dec. 22. The consultative body was created jointly by the Ministry of Finance, the National Bank of Kazakhstan and the Ministry of National Economy. Photo credit: Shutterstock…

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Student-loan borrowers with higher incomes are now eligible for cheaper payments and debt relief

President Donald Trump’s Education Department completed its update to income-based student-loan repayment plans.Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Trump’s Education Department completed an update to income-based repayment plans. It removed the partial financial hardship requirement, expanding eligibility to borrowers with higher incomes. It’s part of the department’s overhaul of student-loan repayment that Trump signed into law. An affordable…