Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp (COFINA)

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.

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

The municipal bond market will feel like it’s still on vacation next week as supply hovers around holiday week type levels.

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.

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."

After a lackluster week, the muni market is hoping to get back on track.

Municipals were mostly stronger Friday ahead of next week’s $6.4 billion new issue calendar.

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 holidays are over and the muni bond market gets set to go back to work.

Municipals were slightly weaker Friday in sympathy with Treasuries following a robust jobs report.

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.

Municipal bonds were stronger with Treasuries as stock market volatility continued. Trading closed early ahead of the holiday.