Statistics gathered by ASIC seem to suggest that 2011 has not been a good year for Australian businesses with more businesses going bust than seen over the past 3-4 years.
Many business bankruptcies were caused by excessive and out of control bad debts. There has been a significant surge in the number of Australian companies in administration during the third quarter, to levels last seen during the 2008 financial crisis, according to figures released by the securities regulator today.
In total, 2961 companies entered external administration in the three months to the end of September, 11.5 per cent higher than the previous quarter and 18 per cent above a year earlier, according to the Australian Securities & Investments Commission.
The number of personal bankruptcies has also been growing with many more consumers deciding to take up a Debt Agreement to simply bring their debt problems under control.
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