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New College Graduate? Here's Some Money Advice

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Published May 20, 2019 at 12:33 PM CDT

Maintaining firm financial footing should be an aim of college graduates as they enter the workforce and begin to pay off student loans. (Seth Wenig/AP)

There are more than 1.8 million people graduating from college this year in the U.S., and as they begin their careers and begin paying off student loans, they’ll need to know how to manage their finances.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks with CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger (@jillonmoney) about her financial advice for college graduates.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.