Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Moody's says handling electrical demand will be a challenge for the island.

Swain allowed ERS bondholders' other lines of argument to continue.

On Monday there was a magnitude 5.7 earthquake Monday and Tuesday a 6.4 earthquake was followed by a 5.6 earthquake and multiple smaller aftershocks.

The Census Bureau’s 3,193,694 estimate for July 1 is 2.6% higher than the Oversight Board predicted for the date in its May 2019 fiscal plan.

Mediation Team Leader Barbara Houser said that mediation has recently been "productive" and should be given more time.

To avoid a return of the economic downturn, the board may need to improve its program to promote economic growth. Part V of a five-part series.

Three Puerto Rico-based economists offer alternatives to the board's plans. Part IV of a five-part series.

A poverty level three times the national average leaves Puerto Rico especially vulnerable if service cuts and tax increases go too far. Part III of a five-part series.

Economists point to past successes and failures as Puerto Rico's Oversight Board focuses on conservative approaches. Part II of a five-part series.

The Oversight Board is following a belt-tightening strategy that some economists warn may squelch economic growth, putting bonds back into restructuring. Part I of a five-part series.

Puerto Rico, with more than $70 billion of bonds at stake, has become a testing ground of austerity for an economy in decline.

The index gained 0.4% year-over-year in October.

Swain insists that holders of 2012 and 2014 bonds, which have been challenged as illegal, be given litigation notice.

Bankruptcy mediator Barbara Houser recommends litigation over $22 billion in bonds should resume in January and February.

The board letter's is one of the first signs of friction with Gov. Wanda Vázquez, who took office in August.

Separately, the island's economic activity index fell on a year-over-over basis for the fourth straight month.

The motion is part of the bondholders' attack on a plan to give them 15 cents on the dollar.

San Juan's finances, given an F in the study of fiscal year 2017, became even worse in fiscal 2018.

Five Republican representatives asked three Democrats to withdraw their legal brief opposing the agreement.

Gov. Wanda Vázquez's bill aims to prevent the commonwealth from pursuing debt practices that have gotten it into trouble.