Borrowers Worry as Pause on US Student Loan Payments Nears End

In a good month, Celina Chanthanouvong has about $200 left after rent, groceries and car insurance. That doesn’t factor in her student loans, which have been on hold since the start of the pandemic and are estimated to cost $300 a month. The pause in repayment has been a lifeline keeping the 25-year-old afloat.  “I don’t even know where I would begin to budget that money,” said Chanthanouvong, who works in marketing in San Francisco.  Now, after more than three years, the lifeline is being pulled away.  More than 40 million Americans will be on the hook for federal studentmore