Puerto Rico

The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority won a legal case challenging its consensual debt restructuring agreement and said it will make its January bond payment.

Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García Padilla released more pessimistic figures for the next 10 years and said they were added evidence that a negotiated debt solution was impossible.

Puerto Rico Governor-Elect Ricardo Rosselló appointed Christian Sobrino Vega as his chief economic advisor.

The Puerto Rico Oversight Board presented its first take on what needs to be done to bring the commonwealth out of its fiscal crisis.

Congress should further debate the effectiveness of Securities and Exchange Commission and Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board rules governing the failure to comply with municipal securities disclosure requirements, a congressional task force on Puerto Rico recommended.

Puerto Rico Governor-Elect Ricardo Rosselló named Luis Burdiel Agudo as the new president of the Economic Development Bank for Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico Board Chairman José Carrión III said Governor-Elect Ricardo Rosselló will have the final say on the five-year fiscal plan for finances and debt.

Puerto Rico's employment continued contracting in November, with the household survey's total employment down 2.1% since July.

Puerto Rico Governor-Elect Ricardo Rosselló appointed financial professionals to two key positions within his government.

The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority extended a restructuring agreement with creditors until March 31.