How Will the $73 Billion Puerto Rico Debt Crisis Impact U.S. Markets and Investors?

The Puerto Rico debt crisis kicked into full gear this year when it committed the largest municipal debt default in U.S. history... The island territory revealed it made only $628,000 (1%) of a $58 million debt-service payment that was due Aug. 1, 2015. In total, Puerto Rico owes $72 billion. Watch the following video for a breakdown of how this dire situation began - and how it will impact U.S. markets and investors in coming months... Tags: how much does Puerto Rico owe , Puerto rican debt , Puerto rican debt crisis , Puerto Rican default , Puerto rico , Puerto Rico bankruptcy , Puerto rico bonds , Puerto Rico crisis , Puerto rico crisis explained , Puerto rico debt , Puerto Rico debt 2015 , Puerto rico debt crisis , Puerto rico debt crisis 2015 , Puerto Rico default , Puerto rico economic crisis , Puerto rico financial crisis To get full access to all Money Morning content, click here About Money Morning: Money Morning gives you access to a team of ten market experts with more than 250 years of combined investing experience – for free . Our experts – who have appeared on FOXBusiness, CNBC, NPR, and BloombergTV – deliver daily investing tips and stock picks, provide analysis with actions to take, and answer your biggest market questions. Our goal is to help our millions of e-newsletter subscribers and Moneymorning.com visitors become smarter, more confident investors. Disclaimer: © 2015 Money Morning and Money Map Press. All Rights Reserved. Protected by copyright of the United States and international treaties. Any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including the world wide web), of content from this webpage, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Money Morning. 16 W. Madison St. Baltimore, MD, 21201. The post How Will the $73 Billion Puerto Rico Debt Crisis Impact U.S. Markets and Investors? appeared first on Money Morning - We Make Investing Profitable .