What rising corporate bankruptcies tell us about the economy

Marketplace

News, Business

4.6 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Corporate bankruptcies have been on the rise for more than a year now, and the trend can have wide-ranging ripple effects. We dig into it. We also unpack the cooling labor market in the Weekly Wrap and look at the future of sustainable energy from the American home of oil and gas.

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