In accordance with its practice of regularly reviewing ratings on Rating Watch, credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings announced Wednesday it will maintain its “Rating Watch Negative” status on $3.4 billion of outstanding Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority senior lien revenue bonds.
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department announced Thursday that preliminary General Fund revenues totaled $452 million in November. This figure is $3 million, or 0.7 percent, below estimates, agency Secretary Juan Zaragoza-Gómez said.
Nine local trade organizations representing contractors, mechanics, architects and engineers, among others, raised a collective red flag of concern over the looming possibility of a shutdown of the Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority, saying it would be “chaos” and would leave hundreds of workers on the street during the holiday season.
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