No Further Rise in Insolvencies Expected

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: February 2, 2012; 16:47 ♦ (Vindobona)

The bad debt insurers Euler Hermes and Prisma expect business insolvencies to stagnate in 2012.

No Further Rise in Insolvencies Expected / Picture: © Vindobona.org

In spite of the economic downturn, Austria faces no further rise in business insolvencies, say Euler Hermes and Prisma. In 2011, the number of business insolvencies went down by 8.0% to 5,680. As a result, the development in Austria is much better than in Europe, where a rise in insolvencies of 12.0% is forecasted. The strongest rise is predicted for Portugal (+11.0%), Italy (+15%),…