Posted on 07/07/2023 8:46:26 AM PDT by Kaiser8408a
Biden’s massive spending spree (aka, Build Back Better) has a new name: Build Back Bankrupt!
According to Epiq, Commercial Chapter 11 Filings Increased 68 Percent in the First Half of 2023.
NEW YORK – July 03, 2023 — The 2,973 total commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcies filed during the first six months of 2023 represented a 68 percent increase over the 1,766 filed during the same period in 2022, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data. Individual Chapter 13 filings increased by 23 percent during the same period.
Overall commercial filings registered 12,107 for the first half of 2023, representing an 18 percent increase from the commercial filing total of 10,258 for the first half of 2022. Small business filings, captured as Subchapter V elections within Chapter 11, totaled 814 in the first six months of 2023, a 55 percent increase from the 525 elections during the same period in 2022.
Overall commercial filings increased 12 percent in June 2023, as the 2,123 filings were up from the 1,891 commercial filings registered in June 2022. The 404 commercial Chapter 11 filings in June represented a 9 percent increase from the 371 filings in June 2022. Total Subchapter V elections within Chapter 11, experienced a 111 percent increase from 94 in June 2022 to 198 in June 2023.
All chapters increased in June 2023 compared to June 2022, with 37,700 total bankruptcy filings representing an increase of 17 percent from the 32,198 filed in 2022. Total commercial filings were up 12 percent from 1,891. Total Individuals were up 18 percent from 30,307.
While not the Epiq data, the Bloomberg Corp Bankruptcy Index shows the rise in bankruptcies as The Fed fights Bidenflation.
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The Fed fights Bidenflation.
Dog chases tail
TRANSLATION FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED
After we finish our Build Back Better crap, it will be time to go have a drink and get tight. Maybe feel up a little girl's chest or fondle her hair. I might be able to have another drink and skedaddle before her father catches me and cuts my hand off. How that will happen, I don't know.
How the politically connected steal the fruits of our labor.
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