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US personal bankruptcies to hit record in 03-Fitch
-->Zu den Privatinsolvenzen in den USA, die laut der Ratingagentur Fitch in diesem Jahr weitere traurige Rekorde brechen dürfte. Der Artikel ist noch vom Freitag.
Mal sehen, ob sich das in den gleich zur Veröffentlichung anstehenden Konsumzahlen niederschlägt.
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Fri February 28, 2003 01:54 PM ET
NEW YORK, Feb 28 (Reuters) - U.S. consumer bankruptcies should hit a record high in 2003 for a second straight year as a persistently weak economy slams debt-laden households, Fitch Ratings agency said on Friday.
With few signs of the economy improving enough this year to help consumers, personal bankruptcy filings should rise by about 7 percent to 1.65 million in 2003, Fitch said in a report. That's up from a record 1.539 million in 2002.
A jump in bankruptcies could hurt consumer spending, which makes up two-thirds of the economy and so far has stayed solid despite a plunge in confidence to a nine-year low on worries about war, high energy prices and a poor labor market.
Layoff announcements and jobless claims are at levels typically seen in a recession, Fitch said. Claims jumped in the week ended Feb. 22 to 417,000, a two-month high and a level that suggests unemployment may be rising from its current 5.7 percent.
In a sign people are paying down debt in response to the pressure on their checkbooks, consumer credit posted its biggest drop since the 1990-91 recession last December, falling by $4 billion, or 2.75 percent, to $1.72 trillion.
Bankruptcies are already rising this year. In January, bankruptcy filings increased 9.2 percent from the same month last year to 121,316 filings, Fitch said.
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