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Marketplace · Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Total student loan debt reaches nearly $1.9 trillion

According to the Federal Reserve, total student loan debt in the United States has reached just under $1.9 trillion, roughly equivalent to the entire economy of Florida.

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“According to the Federal Reserve, total student loan debt is just shy of $1.9 trillion. That is basically the size of Florida's entire economy.”
Kai Rizdahl
Heard on Marketplace — “Fed holds rates, but a future hike is pretty inevitable”, published Wednesday, October 28, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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