{
  "id": 6744010,
  "title": "Worst half-year since 2013: No respite: Insolvency wave at a multi-year high record",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/schlimmstes-halbjahr-seit-2013-keine-atempause-insolvenzwelle-auf",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-11T10:18:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/schlimmstes-halbjahr-seit-2013-keine-atempause-insolvenzwelle-auf-langjaehrigem-rekordhoch/100253795.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Germany has seen a significant rise in company insolvencies, with 12,812 cases registered in the first half of the year, the highest since 2013. This represents a 6.7% increase from the same period last year. In June, 2,266 insolvency applications were filed, a 15.8% increase from the previous year, and the highest monthly value since 2014. The number of consumer insolvencies also rose, by 5.1% to 6,839 cases.",
  "summary": "More than 12,800 company insolvencies were registered by local courts in the first half of the year. Experts say that the negative trend will not change anytime soon.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}