Puerto Rico’s public finances have stabilized but are still weak, its indebtedness levels and rates are unsustainable, its fiscal viability over the medium term is uncertain, and its economic outlook remains quite modest, said the Center for the New Economy’s Policy Director Sergio Marxuach during an analysis of the administration’s current and future budgetary activity.
Gov. Luis Fortuño unveiled Tuesday a $9.082 billion general fund budget proposal for fiscal 2013, representing a 2 percent reduction from the $9.260 billion budget in effect through June 30.
Oriental Financial Group Inc.'s conversion into a more traditional bank following the April 2010 acquisition of the defunct EuroBank seems to be going in the right direction, as on Monday the financial institution announced $9.5 million in income for the first quarter ended Mar. 31.