Washington appoints Puerto Rico debt oversight board
Seven members will have final say over island’s budget as part of restructuring of $69bn obligations
Retirement healthcare could bust the budgets of many US cities
Unfunded liabilities in this sector are worse than for pensions, warns Robert Pozen
The Puerto Rico problem is on its way to getting bigger
The island is setting a precedent for how to handle defaults of US municipal bonds, says John Dizard
US budget wars reach nadir in Illinois
Lawmakers are gridlocked over how to fix state’s dismal finances
Puerto Rico stays firmly in the US pre-election headlines
‘Foreign law’ bondholders seem to be losing the current round of the debt crisis, says John Dizard
Kentucky, home to the worst-funded pension plan in the US
The state famous for fried chicken has one of the largest retirement funding holes in the country
Puerto Rico debt bill passed by House
Emergency measures head for Senate as island faces $2bn payments
US lawmakers break Puerto Rico deadlock
Republicans and Democrats to push emergency bill for tackling debt burden
Jack Lew warns time is running out for Puerto Rico
US Treasury secretary says moment has come to hammer out rescue package for debt-ridden island
Puerto Rico’s looming Katrina-style disaster
US Congress must pass a bill to allow restructuring of island’s debts
Detroit: The battle for the soul of Motown
Investors are pouring money into Detroit property but it is worsening the plight of the poor
Puerto Rico suffers most significant default in debt crisis
Governor had declared a moratorium on obligations due on May 1
Even vultures lose their taste for Puerto Rican bonds
John Dizard is mired in the legal mud of the island’s debt restructuring
Explainer: Puerto Rico’s crippling debt problems
How did a small island of just 3.5m people amass $70bn of liabilities?
The US public pensions crisis ‘is really hard to fix’
Huge problem of underfunding of retirement plans is crippling many cities and states
Chill wind buffets Rahm Emanuel in Chicago
Year-long budget stand-off compounded by growing mistrust of authorities
The dire US pension funding gap is a politically driven estimate
Underfunding is neither impossibly large nor and unsolvable, says Hank Kim of the NCPERS
Lawmakers in race over Puerto Rico bill
Legislation aims to help island restructure $70bn burden
Puerto Rico’s history may hold answer to $70bn debt conundrum
The island’s longstanding Civil Code may encourage collective co-operation in $70bn debt battle
Puerto Rico sweetens debt proposals
Island races to secure deal on $50bn burden amid default fears
US faces ‘disastrous’ $3.4tn pension funding hole
Collective deficit of retirement plans is three times larger than official figures
Puerto Rico passes debt moratorium bill
Governor granted power to declare a state of emergency and halt payments to creditors
Puerto Rico opens accounts at commercial bank to sustain services
Move seen as quick fix for Commonwealth’s Treasury and public agencies to protect themselves
Fed gives green light on banks’ US muni bond holdings
Decision on high-quality debt will ease regional treasurers’ fears over purchases
US lawmakers act over Puerto Rico debt
Draft bill aims to set up restructuring process and oversight board to deal with $70bn burden
