As regards the sectoral breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by nonfinancial corporations decreased from 13.7% in December 2009 to 13.2% in January 2010. For the monetary financial institutions (MFIs) sector, this growth rate was 2.2% in January 2010, the same as in December 2009. The annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by financial corporations other than MFIs was 13.3% in January 2010, compared with 13.4% in December 2009. For the general government, this growth rate decreased from 11.2% in December 2009 to 10.1% in January 2010.
As regards the maturity breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding short-term debt securities decreased from 0.2% in December 2009 to -2.5% in January 2010. The annual growth rate of outstanding short-term debt securities issued by MFIs decreased from -8.2% to -11.3% during the same period. For long-term debt securities, the annual growth rate was 9.1% in January 2010, compared with 9.2% in December 2009. The annual growth rate of outstanding long-term debt securities issued by MFIs increased from 4.0% to 4.6%during the same period. The annual growth rate of outstanding fixed rate long-term debt securities decreased from 12.1% in December 2009 to 11.6% in January 2010. The annual growth rate of outstanding variable rate long-term debt securities increased from 2.9% in December 2009 to 3.5% in January 2010.
Concerning the currency breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding euro-denominated debt securities decreased from 8.3% in December 2009 to 7.8% in January 2010. For debt securities in other currencies, this growth rate increased from 6.4% in December 2009 to 6.6% in January 2010.
The seasonally adjusted three-month annualised growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents increased from 1.7% in December 2009 to 3.7% in January 2010.
New issuance of quoted shares by euro area residents totalled EUR 7.9 billion in January 2010. As redemptions came to EUR 0.1 billion, net issues amounted to EUR 7.8 billion. The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents (excluding valuation changes) was 3.0% in January 2010, the same as in December 2009. The annual growth rate of quoted shares issued by non-financial corporations was 1.9% in January 2010, compared with 1.8% in December 2009. For monetary financial institutions, it decreased from 9.1% in December 2009 to 8.3% in January 2010. For financial corporations other than MFIs, this growth rate was 5.3% in January 2010, the same as in December 2009.
The outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents totalled EUR 4,253 billion at the end of January 2010. Compared with EUR 3,301 billion at the end of January 2009, this represents an annual increase of 28.8% in the value of the stock of quoted shares in January 2010, up from 26.9% in December 2009.
