Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Swain says that bondholder must first make the request to the U.S. Trustee.

Municipal bonds were mostly stronger at midday ahead of the week's attractively sized new issue slate.

Ipreo forecasts weekly bond volume will surge to $7.2 billion from a revised total of $3.8 billion this week.

Traditional bond buyers are going back to Puerto Rico.

Laura Taylor Swain indicated she liked the procedures proposed by the Oversight Board and Unsecured Creditors Committee.

Raúl Maldonado Gautier will gain direct control of all monetary issues in the commonwealth's government.

Teresita Fuentes has been in the position for six months.

Judge Susan Braden had said she was inclined to hold the U.S. government responsible for impairments to Employees Retirement System bonds.

Gov. Ricardo Rosselló is offering relief to the 4.500 federal employees in Puerto Rico whose paychecks have stopped coming.

One economist attributes the decline to the reduced flow of federal hurricane aid.

Judge Swain ordered the Oversight Board to file a brief on her legal authority to approve the restructuring plan and allowed an opposition party to file its objections.

The proposed new findings of fact exclude a mention of the new bonds being tax exempt.

Judge Laura Taylor Swain elicited little discussion of the substantive objections to the proposed settlement and plan of adjustment for $17.6 billion of bonds.

Puerto Rico’s per capita debt load is far lower than that of the mainland U.S. states.

The board said the 2012 and 2014 GOs were "issued in clear violation of the Puerto Rico constitution and should be declared null and void."

Jaresko demands an update by Jan. 18.

The Oversight Board said vote was overwhelmingly for approval of the plan of adjustment.

The $17 billion restructuring plan's possible Achilles' heel: it treats Puerto Rico residents differently from those on the U.S. mainland.

The economy and several pending court cases may also determine the progress of the historic debt restructuring in 2019.

U.S. says IRS needs more time because of the government shutdown.