Here comes a Bankruptcy Boom

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"The latest data from Altman suggest that by this time next year, the corporate default rate will be somewhere between 8.5 percent and 11.1 percent. That means there could be three to four times the number of corporate bankruptcies we've seen over the past year. And each one of those will probably involve layoffs.
As a result, Altman predicts, the unemployment rate could peak as high as 9.5 percent, which would represent a net loss of jobs for 3 million people beyond those who are already unemployed today. "It could hit autos, builders, retail, a lot of areas with a lot of employees," Altman says. "It's going to be rough.""
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"As unemployment worsens and the recession deepens, consumers could rein in spending even more than they already have, leaving an impact on everything that has to do with consumer sales. And Altman says he has already seen a dramatic increase in bankruptcies among small and midsize companies."