As regards the sectoral breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by nonfinancial corporations decreased from 7.3% in January 2011 to 5.6% in February. For the monetary financial institutions (MFIs) sector, this growth rate increased from 0.1% in January 2011 to 1.6% in February. The annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by financial corporations other than MFIs increased from 1.8% in January 2011 to 2.3% in February. For the general government, this growth rate decreased from 7.5% in January 2011 to 7.0% in February.
As regards the maturity breakdown, the annual rate of change of outstanding short-term debt securities was -4.4% in February 2011, compared with -6.0% in January. The annual rate of change of outstanding short-term debt securities issued by MFIs increased from -2.6% in January 2011 to 1.4% in February. For long-term debt securities, the annual growth rate was 5.1% in February 2011, compared with 4.9% in January. The annual growth rate of outstanding long-term debt securities issued by MFIs increased from 0.4% in January 2011 to 1.7% in February. The annual growth rate of outstanding fixed rate long-term debt securities was 6.8% in February 2011, compared with 7.0% in January. The annual growth rate of outstanding variable rate long-term debt securities increased from 0.6% in January 2011 to 1.3% in February.
Concerning the currency breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding euro-denominated debt securities increased from 3.8% in January 2011 to 4.2% in February. For debt securities in other currencies, this growth rate increased from 2.6% in January 2011 to 2.9% in February.
The seasonally adjusted three-month annualised growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents decreased from 4.5% in January 2011 to 0.4% in February.
New issuance of quoted shares by euro area residents totalled EUR 7.3 billion in February 2011. Redemptions came to EUR 0.2 billion and net issues amounted to EUR 7.0 billion. The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents (excluding valuation changes) was 1.4% in February 2011, compared with 1.3% in January.
The annual growth rate of quoted shares issued by non-financial corporations was 0.6% in February 2011, the same as in January. For monetary financial institutions, the corresponding growth rate increased from 6.2% in January 2011 to 6.8% in February. For financial corporations other than MFIs, this growth rate increased from 1.5% in January 2011 to 2.3% in February.
The outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents totalled EUR 4,844 billion at the end of February 2011. Compared with EUR 4,162 billion at the end of February 2010, this represents an annual increase of 16.4% in the value of the stock of quoted shares in February 2011, up from 12.1% in January.
