Before Hurricane María, if Puerto Rico were to pay off its debt without completely choking off economic and social development, it needed a total cancellation of the interest on the public debt and a reduction in the principal of approximately 45 percent to 90 percent. Now, in the wake of the storm, the debt relief needed is much greater.
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico's second delay in submitting its revised fiscal plan to the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico "underscores the growing economic uncertainties it faces as it continues to recover from Hurricane María," Moody's Investors Service noted in a new report.
National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation announced that it and other creditors have voluntarily dismissed without prejudice the adversary complaint filed on Aug. 7, 2017 which sought to compel the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority to deposit revenues with the bond trustee as required by the terms of the PREPA Trust Agreement, PROMESA and the U.S. Constitution.
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