Student Debt Burden Weighs Down US Rates—Dudley

Fed New York President William Dudley stated that US interest rates are being weighed down by the increasing burden of student loans, and that policymakers should seriously consider implementing free tuition fee rates for college students. In addition, Dudley and several of his colleagues are saying that the US economy has already lost its potential to grow as fast as before the financial crisis in 2008 due to a number of factors, such as a steadily-aging population, diminished spending powers by households, and very dismal productivity growth.