As regards the sectoral breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by nonfinancial corporations increased from 15.0% in February 2010 to 16.0% in March. For the monetary financial institutions (MFIs) sector, this growth rate increased from 0.6% in February 2010 to 1.4% in March. The annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by financial corporations other than MFIs decreased from 8.6% in February 2010 to 7.2% in March. For the general government, this growth rate decreased from 9.8% in February 2010 to 8.7% in March.
As regards the maturity breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding short-term debt securities decreased from -5.6% in February 2010 to -6.4% in March. The annual growth rate of outstanding short-term debt securities issued by MFIs increased from -13.9% to -11.7% during
the same period. For long-term debt securities, the annual growth rate decreased from 7.9% in February 2010 to 7.7% in March. The annual growth rate of outstanding long-term debt securities issued by MFIs increased from 3.4% to 3.8% during the same period. The annual growth rate of outstanding fixed rate long-term debt securities decreased from 10.8% in February 2010 to 10.4% in
March. The annual growth rate of outstanding variable rate long-term debt securities decreased from 1.6% in February 2010 to 1.4% in March.
Concerning the currency breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding euro-denominated debt
securities decreased from 6.4% in February 2010 to 6.2% in March. For debt securities in other
currencies, this growth rate decreased from 5.7% in February 2010 to 4.8% in March.
The seasonally adjusted three-month annualised growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents increased from 1.8% in February 2010 to 4.6% in March.
New issuance of quoted shares by euro area residents totalled EUR 9.5 billion in March 2010. As redemptions came to EUR 0.2 billion, net issues amounted to EUR 9.3 billion. The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents (excluding valuation changes) decreased from 3.0% in February 2010 to 2.8% in March. The annual growth rate of quoted shares issued by non-financial corporations decreased from 2.0% in February
2010 to 1.8% in March. For monetary financial institutions, it decreased from 8.2% in February 2010 to 7.4% in March. For financial corporations other than MFIs, this growth rate was 5.4% in March 2010, the same as in February.
The outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents totalled EUR 4,493 billion at the end of March 2010. Compared with EUR 3,027 billion at the end of March 2009, this represents an annual increase of 48.4% in the value of the stock of quoted shares in March 2010, up from 42.0% in February.
