Puerto Rico

Officials said forgiveness of the Community Disaaster Loan could be considered at a later point.

Information can be submitted on a confidential or non-confidential basis.

Mnuchin will hand-deliver documents related to the loan in his first visit to the territory as a public official, he said.

Some of the legal precedents potentially being set in Puerto Rico erode the expectations and good order of the municipal bond marketplace that finances the activities of states and municipal instrumentalities nationwide.

Puerto Rico's default is generating concern over mainland special revenue bonds and distressed issuers, and undercutting confidence in municipal credit nationwide.

Walter Higgins is to be paid $450,000 per year plus bonuses if metrics are met.

The addition of Amazon will mean most of Puerto Rico's online sales will be taxed, one economist said.

The House has approved similar municipal securities and Puerto Rico provisions, but has wanted more sweeping bank deregulation legislation than the Senate.

Gov. Ricardo Rosselló’s proposal, which leaves room to pay as little as 8% of debt service, is too rosy in its economic assumptions, two economists said this week.

January's General Fund revenues were 12.2 percent below pre-Hurricane Maria projections.