Puerto Rico Infrastructure Financial Authority

Issues surrounding revenue bonds may delay resolution on the central government debt.

The secondary market price has risen 40% since June 11.

The index increased in comparison to figures from a year and month earlier.

While the aid is for repairs following 2017's Hurricane Maria, some are particularly welcoming it now after earthquakes have shaken the southwest for two weeks.

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.

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.

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

The mediator's report on almost $26 billion of bonds is now scheduled to be submitted on Nov. 27.

Judge Swain has ordered an end to the stay on open litigation of pension bond issues.

UBS, the underwriter facing more than $800 million in lawsuits over the pension system bonds, argued the proposed schedule won't give it enough input.

Lack of legislative cooperation wouldn't be a problem until after court-approval of a plan of a adjustment, observers said.