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Personal Bankruptcy Filings increase 40% in June (YoY)
Personal Bankruptcy Filings increase 40% in June (YoY)
From Bloomberg: Consumer Bankruptcy Filings Rose 36.5% in First Half, ABI Says (ht Ron) U.S. consumers made 675,351 bankruptcy filings in the first half, a 36.5 percent increase from a year ago, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute. June filings by consumers totaled 116,365, up 40.6 ...
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