In an inevitable, anticlimactic decision today,?Detroit files for bankruptcy.?
?Detroit became the largest US city to ever file for bankruptcy on Thursday, seeking protection from its creditors as it restructures more than $18bn in debt.?Richard Snyder, Michigan?s Republican governor, said in a letter included in the filing.
?Detroit simply cannot raise enough revenue to meet its current obligations and that is a situation that is only projected to get worse absent a bankruptcy filing.
Kevyn Orr, who Mr Snyder appointed in March to serve as Detroit?s emergency manager, has stirred controversy by putting the claims of holders of general obligation bonds ? which are backed by taxes ? on the same footing as those of pension funds and retirees.
Holders of the general obligation bonds argue that they should be paid before other unsecured claimants. Pension funds maintain that their rights are constitutionally protected and should have priority.?
?To treat holders of general obligation bonds backed by the full faith and credit of a sovereign entity as unsecured and impaired has implications for the municipal market,? said Peter Hayes, head of municipal bonds at BlackRock, which owns $25m of Detroit?s debt.
Mr Orr said the city?s total debt was at least $18bn and could be as much as $20bn ? $11bn of which is unsecured. The remaining $9bn that is secured will probably be paid back at 100 cents on the dollar.
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