{"id":1634,"date":"2015-04-28T20:53:37","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T20:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stockbrokerfraudblog.com\/2015\/04\/puerto_ricos_general_obligatio"},"modified":"2022-08-29T09:18:34","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T14:18:34","slug":"puerto-ricos-general-obligatio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/puerto-ricos-general-obligatio\/","title":{"rendered":"Puerto Rico\u2019s General Obligation Rating is Downgraded to CCC+"},"content":{"rendered":"

Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) has just downgraded the general obligation rating of Puerto Rico from a rating of B to a rating of CCC +. The ratings agency said the downgrade was because the market access prospects for the U.S. territory have weakened even further and Puerto Rico’s ability to fulfill its financial commitments is becoming more and more linked to the economic and business conditions in the Commonwealth, which are not strong.<\/p>\n

The credit rater is also putting the general obligation rating on CreditWatch negative, which means the rating could go even lower into junk bond status and closer to a default. S&P lowered its ratings on the first-lien and second-lien sales tax bonds of the Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. from B to CCC + as well. The bonds of the Puerto Rico Employees Retirement System and the Puerto Rico Municipal Finance Agency also received downgrades with a negative outlook.<\/p>\n

S&P says that unless the conditions in Puerto Rico get better, the territory won’t be able to sustain its financial commitments. The ratings agency said there was not currently a consensus on key aspects of the 2016 budget and that this could make fiscal pressure and liquidity worse. In a letter from Puerto Rico’s Government Development Bank to its governor, there were concerns about liquidity problems unless the government starts tax reform and enacts a budget. S&P stated that if the budget is delayed or flawed there might be an even further ratings downgrades.<\/p>\n

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