How Puerto Rico’s Debt Problems Could Have a Major Impact on Local Governments Across the US

In Politics by Michael Rae

Puerto Rico’s economy is suffering from a variety of ailments, including the consequences of its government’s poor long-term fiscal habits. The commonwealth is $129 billion in debt, its unemployment rate is about twice the U.S. average, and its poverty rate is more than double that of Mississippi, a state with

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