Puerto Rico's 2027 forecast brackets zero - and the fixes all have dates

Forecasters at the Oversight Board symposium disagree by two points on growth and agree on everything that matters: a dated Medicaid cliff, $41.7 billion waiting to be spent, and the highest electricity bills on record.

Rafael Ortiz Medina

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Economists who disagree on the number agree on the diagnosis: Puerto Rico's economy is stuck in neutral, and the things holding it back have names, dates and price tags.