U.S. Consumer Bureau Seeking Comments on Student-Debt Policies

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking public input on possible policies to ease repayment of student loans, the agency said in an e-mailed statement.

“Too many private student-loan borrowers are struggling with unwieldy debt that prevents them from climbing the economic ladder,” said Richard Cordray, the CFPB’s director, said in an e-mail. “We will be analyzing plans for policy makers to consider that might help avoid a repeat of the mortgage meltdown for today’s student-loan borrowers.”