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Financial FAFO

In another fuck up by the Biden Admin (yes, I too have lost count), the law of possibly unintended consequences has reared its head.

People who defaulted on their student loans have now had that particular malfeasance reported. And so their credit scores, AKA social-score-lite, have taken hefty hits and now the screaming has begun.

According to the NY Fed report, while over half of the newly delinquent borrowers already have subprime credit scores, around 2.4 million borrowers who entered delinquency this year had scores over 620 – which could have allowed them to qualify for auto loans, mortgages, and credit cards, prior to the delinquency being reported. 3.2 million borrowers whose scores were under 620 (56.6% of the newly delinquent population) saw their scores decline by an average of 74 points.

Another 2 million borrowers with scores between 620 – 719 (35.9% of new delinquencies) saw their credit scores fall by an average of 140 points – while there were 400,000 borrowers whose scores were above 720 (7.2% of new delinquencies) that saw their scores fall by over 100 points.

Apparently this delinquency or default rate is actually normal since the rates are now back to pre-pandemic levels according to the article. It’s just the fact that they hit all at once that’s causing such a fuss. The consequences of not paying loans back were just delayed.

And bringing the week full circle from Monday morning:



13 responses to “Financial FAFO”

  1. Buy a house & default on the mortgage, buy a car and default on the loan and what happens? Not only do you lose the house & have the car repo’d, it goes on your credit score.

    Big shocker, right?

    Too bad, so sad.

    btw, Happy Friday Y’all!

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    1. WDS–Exactly. But despite the screaming, the thing that got me is that this level of default is usual. And Happy Friday to you too!

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  2. Once again the MSM gets it share of the blame. Instead of questioning the legality of Biden’s forgiving the debt, they trumpeted it as already accomplished.

    No one on CNN, MSNBC or even the big three said, ” Hey boys and girls, this isn’t a done deal yet. You may still be on the hook for what you borrowed.”

    Another failed attempt to influence an election for their candidates.

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    1. Gerry–I think the blame goes to the borrowers, but the MSM didn’t help.

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  3. Oh wahhhhh… FAFO suckers…

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    1. NFO–Yep, wah frickin’ wah…

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  4. Has the IRS started sending out their tax bills? If you default on a loan, you’re supposed to report it as income.

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    1. Most of the default-ees didn’t find that out until AFTER the election.

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      1. crazyeighter–Of course!

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    2. Unferth–If they didn’t know they were supposed to pay their loans, I’m betting they don’t know about the IRS thing. Cue the second round of whining…

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  5. It is almost inconceivable to me that one small group of people can reek so much havoc in four years or is really twelve years?

    I’ve heard a lot of speculation in recent weeks about “who was really running the government” during Bribem’s tenure, since he was patently incapable, all tied to the “auto-pen scandal.

    Remember when Obama said ” I’m going to fundamentally change America” and ‘You know what, if I could make an arrangement where I had a stand-in, a front-man or a front-woman and they had an ear piece in and I was just in my basement with my sweats looking through the stuff and I could sort of deliver the lines, but somebody else was doing all the talking and ceremony, I would be fine with that.’

    People, especially people on the left, think Obama was kidding. He wasn’t.

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  6. Leftist tears, another reason I voted for Trump.

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    1. bkhuna–They are so sweet…

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