BFS: Marked increase in bankruptcy proceeding openings in 2009
May 31, 2010 | by Bundesamt für Statistik
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May 31, 2010, In 2009, some 11,600 bankruptcy proceedings were opened in Switzerland against legal and natural persons. That is 8% more than in the previous year. At the same time, the number of ordinary and summary proceedings rose by 4%. The resulting financial losses, in contrast, were 12% lower than in 2008. In addition, 2.5 million formal notices to pay were issued, just over 2% more than in the previous year. These are the main results of the debt collection and bankruptcy statistics of the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
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Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, Press release