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Report Gives Damning Review Of Puerto Rico's Finances
    #21877389 - 06/30/15 10:18 AM (8 years, 6 months ago)

Report Gives Damning Review Of Puerto Rico's Finances

Calls For Reforms And Restructuring Of Debts


June 28 (Reuters) - Puerto Rico needs to restructure its  debts and should make reforms including cutting the number of  teachers and raising property taxes, a report by former  International Monetary Fund economists on the Caribbean island's  financial woes said.

The report, which was obtained by Reuters, gave a damning  review of how Puerto Rico has arrived at its current state,  which it said requires both structural reform and debt  restructuring to fix.

"Puerto Rico faces hard times," the report said. "Structural  problems, economic shocks and weak public finances have yielded  a decade of stagnation, outmigration and debt... A crisis  looms."

The report even suggests the restructuring of general  obligation debt, which could be a precedent-setting move as investors usually regard as sacrosanct.

Social reforms proposed include suspending the minimum wage  and reducing electricity and transport costs. The island must  overcome a legacy of weak budget execution and opaque data, the  report said.
               
               
               
Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla is expected to  give a televised address on Monday, according to local media, and officials said they expected to discuss the report with him  during the day.

The island is struggling with a $73 billion debt load and  faltering economy while its Government Development Bank is  running low on cash. It is facing crunch time this week with  several bond payments due while its struggling power utility PREPA is in talks to avoid a possible default.

The report was written by former IMF economists, who were  engaged in February by the Government Development Bank to  analyze the island's economic and financial stability and growth  prospects.

The document, first posted on Puerto Rico media websites,  was verified as authentic by one of the authors.
The governor's office and a spokesman for the Government  Development Bank were not immediately available for comment. The  report is expected to be officially released on Monday.

It said Puerto Rico would need to seek relief from principal  and interest payments falling due from 2016 to 2023.
A debt restructure could be achieved via a voluntary  exchange of existing bonds for new ones with a longer or lower  debt service profile, the report said.
The island has the scope to raise revenue by $4 billion and  save $2.5 billion annually by 2025, it said.

The report said any restructuring of general obligation, or  central government debt, would set a precedent as "no U.S. state  has restructured (such debt) in living memory" and said any  attempt would face legal challenge. However, it said there are  limits to how much more expenditures can be cut or taxes raised.

According to the report, Puerto Rice has 10 percent more teachers than a decade ago while student numbers have dropped 40  percent.


The New York Times on Sunday cited Governor Padilla saying  that the island's debts were not payable and that creditors  would probably have to take significant concessions such as  five-year payment deferrals.

This coming week "is the tipping point," said Adam Weigold,  senior portfolio manager at Eaton Vance, on Friday.
Puerto Rico's debt problems could lead to a reduction in government services, investors said. However, a source familiar  with the situation said on Friday the island is not  contemplating a partial or full shutdown of government services.


"Next week is probably a good buying opportunity," said Daniel Hanson, analyst at Height Securities, on Friday. "We  expect a lot of downside in all the bonds."

Puerto Rico's benchmark general obligation bonds issued in  March 2014 slid on Friday to close at a record low of 77 cents  on the dollar to yield 10.84 percent.   

(Reporting by Megan Davies and a contributor in San Juan;  Additional reporting by Edward Krudy; Editing by Toni Reinhold  and Richard Borsuk).



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Re: Report Gives Damning Review Of Puerto Rico's Finances [Re: Adden]
    #21877618 - 06/30/15 11:20 AM (8 years, 6 months ago)



the guy's laugh....


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Re: Report Gives Damning Review Of Puerto Rico's Finances [Re: Yrat]
    #21878315 - 06/30/15 02:12 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

Yeah, pr is having problems too. Is there any country that isn't? Its not a usa state, btw.

Greece is hammering the stock market, many other actors are warming up in the wings to sing the same song. How much longer can the present system keep going before it falls down? I mean world wide. If there is a collapse even the strong countries will be hurt badly.


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Re: Report Gives Damning Review Of Puerto Rico's Finances [Re: Stonehenge]
    #21878598 - 06/30/15 03:22 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

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Re: Report Gives Damning Review Of Puerto Rico's Finances [Re: Yrat]
    #21879506 - 06/30/15 06:34 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

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Yrat said:


the guy's laugh....




"He pissed himself".


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Re: Report Gives Damning Review Of Puerto Rico's Finances [Re: Stonehenge]
    #21881631 - 07/01/15 04:50 AM (8 years, 6 months ago)

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Stonehenge said:
Yeah, pr is having problems too. Is there any country that isn't? Its not a usa state, btw.

Greece is hammering the stock market, many other actors are warming up in the wings to sing the same song. How much longer can the present system keep going before it falls down? I mean world wide. If there is a collapse even the strong countries will be hurt badly.




BUT, expect PR to become the 51st state in 2016.  You heard it here first.


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Re: Report Gives Damning Review Of Puerto Rico's Finances [Re: LunarEclipse]
    #21881671 - 07/01/15 05:15 AM (8 years, 6 months ago)

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Re: Report Gives Damning Review Of Puerto Rico's Finances [Re: LunarEclipse]
    #21902318 - 07/05/15 06:56 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

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BUT, expect PR to become the 51st state in 2016.  You heard it here first.




not likely, they'll need us to bail them out, but they won't want to give up what sovereignty they have by becoming a state...


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Re: Report Gives Damning Review Of Puerto Rico's Finances [Re: hostileuniverse]
    #21902887 - 07/05/15 09:13 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

That's what we need. Another bailout; and adding insult to injury, it's not our problem.


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Re: Report Gives Damning Review Of Puerto Rico's Finances [Re: Adden]
    #21910450 - 07/07/15 04:27 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

Yet another country that the IMF has locked into a system of unsustainable debt. How many of them are there now? Dozens? It sure pays to own a printing press.


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