Student Debt: Not Just a Problem for College Kids – In early July, Congress failed to reach a deal on student loans and allowed the rate to spike from 3.4 to 6.8 percent. The rate might come back down later in the month, but where the coaster goes next… no one is quite sure.

The Job Benefit We Covet Most Is … Health Care, of Course – Last week, the jobs and career community website published the results of its latest Quarterly Employment Confidence Survey. Among other things, it reveals which fringe benefits American workers value most highly. The item that came in at No. 1 will come as no surprise to most people (and certainly no surprise to President Obama): Once you take salary out of the picture, what we want most is health care coverage.