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‘Don’t break out the champagne’: business insolvencies dramatically down, not a sign of financial resilience, economists warn

Depressed insolvency rates are ‘encouraging’ but likely offer more reasons for concern than optimism, say economists, with businesses insolvency down by more than a third during the two quarters affected by COVID-19.

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