A contingent of the government’s fiscal team is in New York today for two days of meetings with credit ratings agencies Standard & Poors, Fitch and Moody’s, which are all keeping close tabs on Puerto Rico’s financial problems and the steps being taken to address the crunch.
Puerto Rico’s general obligation credit ratings could be spared from another downgrade from Standard & Poor’s at least through March 2015 if the government makes good on its commitment to rein in its structural deficit over the next two years, follows through on its plans to reduce major liabilities, such as public pensions, and upholds its revenue stream.
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services this week affirmed its 'BBB-' rating and negative outlook on Puerto Rico’s general obligation (GO) and appropriation debt, based on — among other things — the commonwealth's weak economic trends that began in fiscal 2007, including population declines and economic contraction.
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