More than a year after warning about the possibility, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Tuesday made good on its word and cut its rating of Puerto Rico’s general obligation debt to 'BB+' from 'BBB-,' pushing it to the highest junk level status.
Citing Puerto Rico’s ongoing budget gap, New York-based Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Wednesday lowered the government’s general obligations rating to 'BBB-' from 'BBB' — one notch above junk. The outlook is negative.
Moody's Investors Service downgraded Puerto Rico’s general obligation rating Thursday to Baa3 from Baa1, affecting about $38 billion of the island’s debt held by more than a handful of agencies.