As regards the sectoral breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by nonfinancial corporations increased from 13.2% in January 2010 to 14.3% in February. For the monetary financial institutions (MFIs) sector, this growth rate decreased from 2.2% in January 2010 to 0.5% in February. The annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by financial corporations other than MFIs decreased from 13.2% in January 2010 to 9.4% in February. For the general government, this growth rate decreased from 10.1% in January 2010 to 9.8% in February.
As regards the maturity breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding short-term debt securities decreased from -2.6% in January 2010 to -5.9% in February. The annual growth rate of outstanding short-term debt securities issued by MFIs decreased from -11.6% to -14.2% during the same period. For long-term debt securities, the annual growth rate decreased from 9.1% in January 2010 to 8.0% in February. The annual growth rate of outstanding long-term debt securities issued by MFIs decreased from 4.7% to 3.3% during the same period. The annual growth rate of outstanding fixed rate long-term debt securities decreased from 11.7% in January 2010 to 11.0% in February. The annual growth rate of outstanding variable rate long-term debt securities decreased from 3.4% in January 2010 to 1.5% in February.
Concerning the currency breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding euro-denominated debt securities decreased from 7.8% in January 2010 to 6.5% in February. For debt securities in other
currencies, this growth rate decreased from 6.6% in January 2010 to 4.5% in February.
The seasonally adjusted three-month annualised growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents decreased from 3.6% in January 2010 to 2.1% in February.
New issuance of quoted shares by euro area residents totalled EUR 1.8 billion in February 2010. As redemptions came to EUR 0.1 billion, net issues amounted to EUR 1.7 billion. The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents (excluding valuation changes) was 3.0% in February 2010, compared with 2.9% in January. The annual growth rate of quoted shares issued by non-financial corporations was 2.0% in February 2010, compared with 1.9% in January. For monetary financial institutions, the annual growth rate of
quoted shares issued was 8.3% in February 2010, the same as in January. For financial corporations other than MFIs, this growth rate was 5.4% in February 2010, compared with 5.3% in January.
The outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents totalled EUR 4,171 billion at the end of February 2010. Compared with EUR 2,935 billion at the end of February 2009, this represents an annual increase of 42.1% in the value of the stock of quoted shares in February 2010, up from 28.8% in January.
