Sunday, October 4, 2009

Personal Bankruptcy Filings Soar



By: Sara Murray


Consumer bankruptcies topped one million for the first nine months of this year, the highest point since the system was overhauled in 2005.


The number of personal bankruptcy filings for the nine months rose to 1,046,449 as of Sept. 30, the American Bankruptcy Institute, an organization made up of attorneys, accountants and other bankruptcy professionals, said Friday, using data from the National Bankruptcy Research Center. There were 773,810 personal bankruptcy filings for the same time period in 2008.


September's filings reached 124,790, 41% higher than the same month last year.


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Posted By: Nicole Nelson

3 comments:

  1. I didn't realize how astronomical these numbers were! -Kelsey Hoffman

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