House-Passed Debt Relief for Puerto Rico Splits Conservatives – Daily Signal

A bill establishing a legal framework for Puerto Rico to restructure its $72 billion debt load passed the House by a 297-127 vote after months of haggling among the Obama administration, Democrats, bondholders, unions, Puerto Rico officialsand conservatives. About the only thing conservatives agree on about legislation the House passed Thursday night providing rescue to Puerto Ricos debt crisis is that…

What if Greece got massive debt relief but no one admitted it? (Part 2.5) – FT Alphaville (registration)

The replacement of market funding with increasingly concessional loans from the official sector may have reduced the Greek governments balance sheet debt by as much as 200bn, yet the headline numbers havent captured any of this alleged gain. In our previous post we looked at whether this was reasonable, focusing on several sets of accounting…