U.S. Consumer Bankruptcies Rose to 132,173 in October
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Bankruptcy filings by U.S. consumers totaled 132,173 last month, 1.4 percent more than in September, keeping Americans on track to file 1.6 million bankruptcies this year, the American Bankruptcy Institute said.
October’s total fell 2.8 percent from the same month last year, the institute said today in a statement. The information was based on data collected by the National Bankruptcy Research Center.