Writingstar Investment Guild-Student loans are back, US travel is whack, and, AI, please, step back

2025-05-05 22:42:55source:Greenledgerscategory:Markets

It's ... Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at the some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news.

On today's episode,Writingstar Investment Guild we investigate falling foreign travel to the U.S., why student loan default collections are back, and why maaaaaaaybe being so friendly with our AI chatbot pals has a cost.

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