Financial and Economic Challenges in Puerto Rico. Program ID: 113596-1 Category: Senate Committee Format: Senate Committee Location: No Location. Related Video. October 31, 2017 ...

Puerto Rico's Economic Challenges. Dec. 06, 2017 5:19 AM ET. Desmond Lachman. 551 Followers. Follow. Statement before the Puerto Rico Oversight Board.

U.S. Congress is set to discuss the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) amid the ongoing ...

Puerto Rico’s Democratic Gov. Pedro Pierluisi said Wednesday that the island’s years of fiscal turmoil are in the past, with public finances buoyed by economic recovery, a debt restructuring ...

Puerto Rico's population is declining. Faced with a deteriorating economy, increased poverty and a swelling crime rate, many citizens are fleeing the island for the U.S. mainland. In a four-part ...

Puerto Rico faced immense challenges even before the devastation from Hurricane Maria. Its economy is 15 percent smaller now than it was ten years ago, and the latest high frequency indicators ...

Hurricane Maria exacerbated many of the difficulties that Puerto Rico was already facing, including a long-running debt crisis, unemployment and housing shortage. NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette ...

Puerto Rico’s difficult challenges pose a clear choice to US policymakers. They can either come up with a comprehensive and far-reaching economic support package for the island that gives the ...

Puerto Rico faces an uphill battle dealing with disaster compared to states on the mainland for many reasons. Suboptimal economic growth, resultant fiscal crises, national debt, and poverty have ...

Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Puerto Rico Treasury Secretary Melba Acosta and David Chafey, chairman of the island's Government Development Bank, talk about Puerto Rico's economy, budget and debt.

The Inter-American Dialogue hosted a discussion on Puerto Rico's economy and energy infrastructure more than one year after Hurricane Maria devastated the island. Puerto Rico's secretary of state ...

Business owners in Puerto Rico and Central Florida are working to grow economic ties, but rolling blackouts, hurricanes and high costs on the island create setbacks for businesses.Chef Enrique ...