As regards the sectoral breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by nonfinancial corporations increased from 8.9% in March 2009 to 9.9% in April. For the monetary financial institutions (MFIs) sector, this growth rate was 6.4% in April 2009, compared with 6.5% in March. The annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by financial corporations other than MFIs decreased from 31.1% in March 2009 to 30.6% in April. For the general government, this growth rate increased from 12.1% in March 2009 to 12.5% in April.
As regards the maturity breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding short-term debt securities increased from 23.9% in March 2009 to 27.9% in April. The annual growth rate of outstanding short-term debt securities issued by MFIs increased from 11.7% to 13.8% during the
same period. For long-term debt securities, the annual growth rate decreased from 10.5% in March 2009 to 10.1% in April. The annual growth rate of outstanding long-term debt securities issued
by MFIs decreased from 5.6% to 5.0% during the same period. The annual growth rate of outstanding
fixed rate long-term debt securities was 8.5% in April 2009, compared with 8.4% in March. The annual growth rate of outstanding variable rate long-term debt securities decreased from 16.6% in March 2009 to 14.9% in April.
Concerning the currency breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding euro-denominated debt
securities was 13.0% in April 2009, compared with 12.9% in March. For debt securities in other
currencies, this growth rate decreased from 4.6% in March 2009 to 4.2% in April.
The seasonally adjusted three-month annualised growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents decreased from 12.3% in March 2009 to 11.7% in April.
New issuance of quoted shares by euro area residents totalled EUR 3.7 billion in April 2009. As redemptions came to EUR 0.3 billion, net issues amounted to EUR 3.4 billion. The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents (excluding valuation changes) increased from 1.5% in March 2009 to 1.7% in April. The annual growth rate of quoted shares issued by non-financial corporations was 0.5% in April 2009, compared with 0.4% in March. For monetary financial institutions, it increased from 8.0% in March 2009 to 8.2% in April. For financial corporations other than MFIs, this growth rate was 3.4% in April 2009, compared with 3.3% in March.
The outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents totalled EUR 3,436 billion at the end of April 2009. Compared with EUR 5,748 billion at the end of April 2008, this represents an annual decrease of 40.2% in the value of the stock of quoted shares in April 2009, compared with an annual decrease of 45.9% in March, mainly due to market valuation changes.
