Monthly Economic and Social Indicators

HISTORICAL SUPPLEMENT 1999

4.5b Bankruptcies Annual change (a) - per cent
	September quarter	December quarter	March quarter	June quarter	Annual
1963-64					0.9
1964-65					2.6
1965-66					-2.8
1966-67					-4.2
1967-68					4.2
1968-69					-3.2
1969-70					-2.9
1970-71					8.6
1971-72					10.5
1972-73					-16.0
1973-74					-31.8
1974-75					34.1
1975-76					-7.8
1976-77					15.6
1977-78					42.7
1978-79					23.1
1979-80					29.1
1980-81					3.5
1981-82					-11.2
1982-83					12.6
1983-84					-4.7
1984-85					-5.0
1985-86					19.7
1986-87	36.9	33.8	51.1	19.8	35.0
1987-88	21.3	20.2	10.0	2.2	12.9
1988-89	-5.9	-16.1	-20.7	-6.9	-12.6
1989-90	1.1	7.4	26.4	36.0	15.0
1990-91	32.7	56.0	52.7	54.3	53.1
1991-92	72.2	41.5	22.8	-3.3	28.2
1992-93	-20.9	-11.1	-8.5	-5.0	-11.5
1993-94	1.5	-4.2	-8.6	-6.0	-4.6
1994-95	-7.8	-6.3	4.2	7.9	-0.2
1995-96	14.3	22.5	26.1	29.4	22.6
1996-97	34.5	26.9	21.3	22.5	26.0
1997-98	15.0	14.9	11.3	6.4	11.8
1998-99	6.8
(a) Bankruptcies and Administration Orders (Part IV and XI of the Bankruptcy Act). The quarterly figures are preliminary only and may not sum to the annual totals. When an annual total is verified any subsequent revisions are not made to the quarterly figures. Source: Media Release, Minster for Justice

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