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By December 31, 2022, will the US federal government announce an extension of the pause on federal student loan repayments?

66%chance

66%chance

ResolvedYes

ResolvedYes

The community gave this a 66% chance, and it resolved Yes.

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Opened:

Nov 14, 2022

Closes:

Jan 1, 2023

Resolved:

Nov 22, 2022

Spot Scoring Time:

Nov 15, 2022

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