As regards the sectoral breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by nonfinancial corporations was 10.3% in August 2010, compared with 10.2% in July. For the monetary financial institutions (MFIs) sector, this growth rate was -0.3% in August 2010, compared with -0.9% in July. The annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by financial corporations other than MFIs increased from 0.3% in July 2010 to 1.5% in August. For the general government, this growth rate decreased from 7.9% in July 2010 to 7.7% in August.
As regards the maturity breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding short-term debt securities was -4.6% in August 2010, compared with -8.2% in July. The annual growth rate of outstanding short-term debt securities issued by MFIs was -0.5% in August 2010, compared with -7.6% in July (see Table 2). For long-term debt securities, the annual growth rate was 4.7% in August 2010, compared with 4.8% in July. The annual growth rate of outstanding long-term debt
securities issued by MFIs decreased from 0.2% in July 2010 to -0.3% in August. The annual growth rate of outstanding fixed rate long-term debt securities decreased from 7.7% in July 2010 to 7.5% in August. The annual growth rate of outstanding variable rate long-term debt securities was -0.9% in August 2010, compared with -1.3% in July.
Concerning the currency breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding euro-denominated debt securities increased from 3.4% in July 2010 to 3.7% in August. For debt securities in other currencies, this growth rate increased from 2.3% in July 2010 to 3.8% in August.
The seasonally adjusted three-month annualised growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents increased from 1.2% in July 2010 to 5.5% in August.
New issuance of quoted shares by euro area residents totalled EUR 1.7 billion in August 2010. Redemptions came to EUR 1.2 billion and net issues amounted to EUR 0.6 billion. The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents (excluding valuation changes) was 1.7% in August 2010, the same as in July. The annual growth rate of quoted shares issued by non-financial corporations was 1.0% in August 2010, compared with 0.9% in July. For monetary financial institutions, the corresponding growth rate was 5.1% in August 2010, the ame as in July. For financial corporations other than MFIs, this growth rate decreased from 4.5% in July 2010 to 4.1% in August.
The outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents totalled EUR 4,119 billion at the nd of August 2010. Compared with EUR 4,044 billion at the end of August 2009, this represents an annual increase of 1.9% in the value of the stock of quoted shares in August 2010, down from 10.6% in July.
