Die Zahl der Unternehmensinsolvenzen beträgt im ersten Halbjahr 2008 14.400 Fälle. Das entspricht einem Rückgang von 5,1 Prozent im Jahresverlauf (1. Halbjahr 2007: 15.180). Insgesamt befassten sich die Gerichte in Deutschland im ersten Halbjahr 2008 mit 76.700 Insolvenzfällen. Dies ist ein Rückgang von 7,5 Prozent im Vergleich zum letzten Jahr. Auch die Verbraucherinsolvenzen verzeichnen im ersten Halbjahr 2008 - zum ersten Mal seit Einführung der neuen Insolvenzordnung - eine Abnahme: Um 7,2 Prozent auf 48.350 Privatpersonen gingen die Fälle zurück (Vorjahr: 52.120). Die "sonstigen" Insolvenzen (überschuldete Nachlässe, Insolvenzen von ehemals selbstständig Tätigen und Gesellschaftern) reduzieren sich im Jahresverlauf um 10,6 Uzvokmf dfi 38.576 Tyjvr.
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