Metro Phoenix bankruptcies decline further

Valley residents picked up in January where they left off last year, by filing less often for bankruptcy.
Filings in metro Phoenix fell a further 17.9 percent in January, marking the 24th consecutive month of year-over-year declines. The 1,084 bankruptcies last month reported by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Phoenix were down from 1,321 in January 2012 and from a cyclical peak of 3,063 in March 2010.
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