Worrisome Spike in Student Loan Write

American Banker (subscription)Worrisome Spike in Student Loan Write-OffsAmerican Banker (subscription)The dramatic rise in student loan volume is a worrisome trend for policymakers, but perhaps a more troubling one for banks is a big spike in write-offs (see chart 1). Between January and August of last year, lenders wrote off $13.6 billion in student ...