Nearly a year since coronavirus-related shutdowns began affecting large swaths of the American economy, more businesses are filing for bankruptcy as chapter 11 filings were up nearly 20% in 2020 compared with the previous year, court records show. Data on a subset of businesses―those registered as corporations―shows that some sectors are faring much worse than
Predicted bankruptcy wave begins, court records indicate
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