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Bankruptcy filings dropped like a rock during October, declining more than 10% over year ago levels. Overall, bankruptcy filings are down more than 3% this year. During October, 133,404 filings were made compared to 148,044 for October 2003. Year-to-date bankruptcy filings were 1.3 million. The total number of bankruptcies filed in the 12-month period ending June 30th, was 1,635,725, down 0.9% from a year ago. For the second quarter of this year total filings were down 0.4% to 421,100. The decline for the first half of this year is the first drop in consumer bankruptcy filings since 2000.