Sales Tax Financing Corp. bondholders submitted an Agreement in Principle in the U.S. District Court in Puerto Rico, potentially ending its dispute with the island’s government.
In the coming months, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico will default on bonds issued by its Employees Retirement System following the steady depletion of the bonds' debt service reserves, Moody’s predicted.
While admitting that there isn’t much the Federal Reserve Bank of New York can do to spur economic growth for the island, William Dudley, the head of the regulatory agency, said Tuesday he is “confident that Puerto Rico has started on the road to recovery.”