{"id":1670,"date":"2015-07-01T13:14:18","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T13:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stockbrokerfraudblog.com\/2015\/07\/as_puerto_rico_asks_creditors"},"modified":"2015-07-01T13:14:18","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T13:14:18","slug":"as-puerto-rico-asks-creditors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/as-puerto-rico-asks-creditors\/","title":{"rendered":"As Puerto Rico Asks Creditors for Concessions, S &#038; P Downgrades the Territory\u2019s Debt and Investors Get Ready for More Losses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tPuerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garc\u00eda Padilla says that the U.S. territory cannot pay back its $72 billion debt without concessions from its creditors, including U.S. mutual funds and hedge funds. According to the Governor, the Commonwealth&#8217;s efforts to restructure its debt and cut spending have failed.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Governor&#8217;s announcement, credit rater Standard &amp; Poor&#8217;s Ratings Services downgraded Puerto Rico&#8217;s credit rating from CCC-plus to CCC-minus. The rating covers the island&#8217;s entire debt, including the debt of its Employees Retirement System and the Municipal Finance Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Garc\u00eda Padilla and Puerto Rico&#8217;s government development bank also issued a report backing his statements. The executive summary was written by Anne Krueger, a former World Bank Chief Economist and the International Monetary Fund&#8217;s first deputy managing director, as well as Ranjit Teja and Andrew Wolfe, who are both economists.<\/p>\n<p>In their &#8220;Krueger Report,&#8221; the economists said that they found the territory&#8217;s debt to be unsustainable. Based on the report and Puerto Rico&#8217;s own analysis, Garc\u00eda Padilla wants to defer debts so that Puerto Rico can continue to negotiate with creditors. Some payments could be deferred for up to five years. The Governor said, &#8220;This is not politics, this is math.&#8221;<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/as-puerto-rico-asks-creditors\/#more-1670\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garc\u00eda Padilla says that the U.S. territory cannot pay back its $72 billion debt without concessions from its creditors, including U.S. mutual funds and hedge funds. According to the Governor, the Commonwealth&#8217;s efforts to restructure its debt and cut spending have failed. 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