THERE WERE 2039 bankruptcy filings in 2019, the lowest number since 2006. / PBN GRAPHIC/ CHRIS BERGENHEIM
PROVIDENCE – There were 2,039 bankruptcy filings in Rhode Island in 2019, a 5.6% decline year over year, according to U.S. Bankruptcy Court records. The most recent peak of bankruptcy filings in Rhode Island was in 2010, when the state saw 5,518 filings. The state has seen a steady decline since 2010, except in 2016…