Euro area securities issues statistics: February 2021

14 April 2021

• The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area residents was 7.6% in February 2021, compared with 7.4% in January.
• For the outstanding amount of listed shares issued by euro area residents, the annual growth rate was 1.7% in February 2021, compared with 1.5% in January.

Debt securities

New issuances of debt securities by euro area residents totalled EUR 658.8 billion in February 2021. Redemptions amounted to EUR 529.3 billion and hence net issues to EUR 129.5 billion. The annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents was 7.6% in February 2021, compared with 7.4% in January.

Data for debt securities

Breakdown by maturity

The annual growth rate of outstanding short-term debt securities decreased from 15.3% in January 2021 to 12.0% in February. For long-term debt securities, the annual growth rate increased from 6.8% in January 2021 to 7.2% in February. The annual growth rate of outstanding fixed rate long-term debt securities increased from 7.5% in January 2021 to 7.9% in February. The annual growth rate of outstanding variable rate long-term debt securities increased from 0.0% in January 2021 to 0.8% in February.

Data for breakdown by maturity

Breakdown by sector

As regards the sectoral breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by non-financial corporations decreased from 11.6% in January 2021 to 10.8% in February. For the monetary financial institutions (MFIs) sector, this rate of change decreased from 0.3% in January 2021 to -0.3% in February. The annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by financial corporations other than MFIs increased from 2.8% in January 2021 to 3.5% in February. For the general government, this growth rate increased from 12.4% in January 2021 to 12.9% in February.

The annual growth rate of outstanding short-term debt securities issued by MFIs decreased from -14.9% in January 2021 to -19.1% in February. The annual growth rate of outstanding long-term debt securities issued by MFIs was 2.6% in February 2021, compared with 2.7% in January.

Data for breakdown by sector

Breakdown by currency

Concerning the currency breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding euro-denominated debt securities was 9.1% in February 2021, compared with 9.0% in January. For debt securities denominated in other currencies, this rate of change was -1.2% in February 2021, compared with -1.8% in January.

Data for breakdown by currency

Listed shares

New issuances of listed shares by euro area residents totalled EUR 17.6 billion in February 2021. Redemptions amounted to EUR 1.9 billion and hence net issues to EUR 15.7 billion. The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of listed shares issued by euro area residents (excluding valuation changes) was 1.7% in February 2021, compared with 1.5% in January. The annual growth rate of listed shares issued by non-financial corporations was 1.2% in February 2021, compared with 1.0% in January. For MFIs, the corresponding rate of change was 0.0% in February 2021, unchanged from January. For financial corporations other than MFIs, this growth rate was 4.7% in February 2021, compared with 4.5% in January.

The market value of the outstanding amount of listed shares issued by euro area residents totalled EUR 8,652.2 billion at the end of February 2021. Compared with EUR 7,749.0 billion at the end of February 2020, this represents an annual increase of 11.7% in the value of the stock of listed shares in February 2021, up from -1.6% in January.

Data for listed shares

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Notes:

• Unless otherwise indicated, data relate to non-seasonally adjusted statistics. In addition to the developments for February 2021, this statistical release incorporates minor revisions to the data for previous periods. The annual growth rates are based on financial transactions that occur when an institutional unit incurs or redeems liabilities, they are not affected by the impact of any other changes which do not arise from transactions.
• Hyperlinks in the main body of the statistical release and in annex tables lead to data that may change with subsequent releases as a result of revisions. Figures shown in annex tables are a snapshot of the data as at the time of the current release.
• The next statistical release on euro area securities issues will be published on 12 May 2021.