The number of bankruptcy cases filed in Puerto Rico was up 8.14 percent year-over-year in August, when 929 cases were filed.
Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy levels showed a 4.4 percent drop last month, when the total number of companies and individuals who turned to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for help totaled 818 cases, preliminary data released Monday by research firm Boletín de Puerto Rico showed.
National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation, an indirect subsidiary of MBIA Inc., filed a complaint Wednesday challenging the Puerto Rico Emergency Moratorium and Financial Rehabilitation Act, asking the court to invalidate it.