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Investor's in Puerto Rico bonds and the state's inability to pay $72 billion in debt in 2015

06/30/2015

Grouped Articles

Puerto Rico Urges Concessions From Creditors

Wall Street Journal 06/30/2015

Puerto Rico Governor Calls for Delay in Debt Payments for ‘Number of Years’

Wall Street Journal 06/30/2015

The Bonds That Broke Puerto Rico

New York Times 06/30/2015

Hedge Funds Fight to Save Puerto Rico Investments

New York Times 06/30/2015

America’s Greece

Wall Street Journal 07/03/2015

Despair and Anger as Puerto Ricans Cope With Debt Crisis

New York Times 07/03/2015

Puerto Rico's debt financing and the $61 billion in bonds issued since 2006

10/08/2013

About $1.4 billion was paid to banks for underwriting and other fees for the $61 billion in bonds issued since 2006, according to the WSJ review. Banks get higher fees because of a larger gross spread than even Detroit which announced bankruptcy recently. Much of the money raised goes back to finance earlier debt. Because Puerto is triple exempt from city, state and federal taxes and because of higher returns the bonds were oversubscribed by investors. Puerto Rico government officials say the 3.6 million residents do not pay federal taxes and the high debt financing does not burden taxpayers.

Grouped Articles

Banks Rack Up Big Fees From Puerto Rico Bond Deals

Wall Street Journal 10/23/2013

Yields on Puerto Rico Debt Hit High

Wall Street Journal 01/02/2014

$2 Billion Deal in Works for Puerto Rico

New York Times 01/21/2014

S&P Lowers Puerto Rico Debt to Junk Status

New York Times 02/04/2014

Puerto Rico Gets Break With Bonds

New York Times 03/10/2014

Puerto Rico Buys Some Time With Bond Sale

Wall Street Journal 03/12/2014

The U.S. economy and contagion from Puerto Rico, Greece and China in 2015-2016

06/30/2015

Grouped Articles

China, Greece and Puerto Rico: Sickly But Not Yet Contagious

Wall Street Journal 06/30/2015

Greece’s Banks Give Eurozone Peers Glimpse Into Abyss

Wall Street Journal 06/30/2015

America’s Greece

Wall Street Journal 07/03/2015

The Puerto Rico problem

Economist 07/11/2015

Puerto Rico, Running Short of Cash, Misses a Debt Payment

New York Times 07/15/2015

Puerto Rico's debt and public sector employees

06/30/2015

Grouped Articles

Profligate Puerto Rico on the Brink

Wall Street Journal 06/30/2015

Puerto Rico Urges Concessions From Creditors

Wall Street Journal 06/30/2015

America’s Greece

Wall Street Journal 07/03/2015

The Puerto Rico problem

Economist 07/11/2015

Treasury Plan for Puerto Rico Favors Pensions Over Bondholders

New York Times 02/24/2016


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