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Markets plunged steeply on April 7, in what analysts dubbed a reincarnation of 1967’s “Black Monday” for global assets, with US equities leading the sell-off and cross-asset volatility rattling investors, according to this article from MSN, featuring bankruptcy data from Epiq AACER.

Epiq AACER, a major source of US bankruptcy statistics, says that the number of commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings jumped 20% year-over-year in March 2025. In March 2024, there were 611 applications. Last month, there were 733.

Overall, commercial bankruptcies also increased, climbing 10% to 2,727 from 2,477 during the same period last year. However, small business bankruptcies under Subchapter V of Chapter 11 slightly declined. Filings under that category dipped 1% year-over-year, totaling 196 in March 2025 compared to 198 a year earlier.

Read the full article here.

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