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Re:Ask HN: Who has been laid off? by aerovistae on Friday April 03, 2020 @02:29PM (#22772544)
You can stop your student loans completely. I went a very long time without paying them when I was unemployed.
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Re:Ask HN: Who has been laid off? by unemphysbro on Friday April 03, 2020 @02:39PM (#22772662)
I believe if the loans are non-stafford interest accrues.

I had to pause my repayments this month because of job-hunt.

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Re:Ask HN: Who has been laid off? by pickle-wizard on Friday April 03, 2020 @02:56PM (#22772838)
They dropped the interest rate to 0% on all Federal student loans. So you won't accrue interest while in deferment right now.
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Re:Ask HN: Who has been laid off? by sanderjd on Friday April 03, 2020 @07:03PM (#22774779)
Unfortunately a lot of student loan debt is not in federal loans.
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Re:Ask HN: Who has been laid off? by seniordevconfuz on Friday April 03, 2020 @04:29PM (#22773646)
I just checked, they put it on a 0% interest until further notice. What a relief! You should have seen my severance package lol, peanuts.
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