Debt Help

WASHINGTON — The federal debt almost doubled during the Bush administration and has increased more than 25 percent during President Barack Obama's first two years in office.

Student financial aid debt at Emporia State increased by 8 percent last year, according to Elaine Henrie, director of the Financial Aid Office. Nationally, students carried an average of $23,200 in debt in 2008, according to the Project on Student Debt, a nonprofit independent research organization. Historically, student debt has risen by 6 percent every [...]

The global financial crisis has led to high levels of public debt and sharply elevated sovereign risk.