For the second time in less than a week, Puerto Rico’s credit rating has gotten slashed, this time by Moody's Investors Service, which downgraded the Commonwealth’s general obligation bonds and guaranteed debt to Caa1 from B2, its Sales Tax Financing Corporation (COFINA) senior and subordinate bonds, respectively, to B3 and Caa1 from Ba3 and B1, and the notes of the Government Development Bank, to Caa1 from B3.
A subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee announced Thursday it will hold a hearing on House Resolution 870, known as the Puerto Rico Chapter 9 Uniformity Act of 2015, at 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 26th in Washington D.C.
Puerto Rico’s auto industry reported Thursday yet another month of negative sales, confirming that January showed a 14.9 percent decrease in activity, upholding a non-stop drop that began early last year.
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