U.S. consumer bankruptcies fell 11 percent in August compared with the same month last year, continuing a trend that began as early as January, the American Bankruptcy Institute reported.
Consumers filed 113,432 bankruptcies last month, compared with 127,028 in August 2010, Alexandria, Virginia-based ABI said in a statement today.
"Consumer bankruptcies continue to decline over the past year as households deleverage and consumer credit remains tight," ABI Executive Director Samuel J. Gerdano said in the statement.
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