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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 06 > Bankruptcy filings jump 33% in 2008

Bankruptcy filings jump 33% in 2008


January 6, 2009

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — U.S. consumer bankruptcy filings jumped nearly 33 percent in 2008 amid a recession that’s expected to keep filings rising into the new year. Overall consumer filings reached 1,064,927 last year, up from 801,840 in 2007, according to data collected by the....

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