- PRESS RELEASE
- 12 June 2020
Euro area securities issues statistics: April 2020
- The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area residents increased from 2.8% in March 2020 to 4.5% in April.
- For the outstanding amount of listed shares issued by euro area residents, the annual growth rate was 0.0% in April 2020, the same as in March.
Debt securities
New issuance of debt securities by euro area residents totalled EUR 1,003.9 billion in April 2020. Redemptions amounted to EUR 734.4 billion and net issues to EUR 269.5 billion. The annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents increased from 2.8% in March 2020 to 4.5% in April.
Data for debt securitiesDebt securities issued by euro area residents
Breakdown by maturity
The annual growth rate of outstanding short-term debt securities increased from 3.2% in March 2020 to 11.5% in April. For long-term debt securities, the annual growth rate increased from 2.8% in March 2020 to 4.0% in April. The annual growth rate of outstanding fixed rate long-term debt securities increased from 3.3% in March 2020 to 4.9% in April. The annual rate of change of outstanding variable rate long-term debt securities was -2.1% in April 2020, compared with -2.5% in March.
Data for breakdown by maturityBreakdown by sector
As regards the sectoral breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by non-financial corporations increased from 4.2% in March 2020 to 6.8% in April. For the monetary financial institutions (MFIs) sector, this growth rate increased from 1.8% in March 2020 to 3.4% in April. The annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by financial corporations other than MFIs increased from 4.8% in March 2020 to 5.1% in April. For the general government, this growth rate increased from 2.3% in March 2020 to 4.5% in April.
The annual rate of change of outstanding short-term debt securities issued by MFIs decreased from -3.3% in March 2020 to -6.9% in April. The annual growth rate of outstanding long-term debt securities issued by MFIs increased from 2.5% in March 2020 to 4.9% in April.
Data for breakdown by sectorBreakdown by currency
Concerning the currency breakdown, the annual growth rate of outstanding euro-denominated debt securities increased from 3.1% in March 2020 to 5.2% in April. For debt securities in other currencies, this growth rate was 0.9% in April 2020, compared with 1.1% in March.
Data for breakdown by currencyListed shares
New issuance of listed shares by euro area residents totalled EUR 4.5 billion in April 2020. Redemptions amounted to EUR 0.5 billion and net issues to EUR 4.0 billion. The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of listed shares issued by euro area residents (excluding valuation changes) was 0.0% in April 2020, the same as in March. The annual growth rate of listed shares issued by non-financial corporations was 0.0% in April 2020, the same as in March. For MFIs, the corresponding growth rate was 0.1% in April 2020, the same as in March. For financial corporations other than MFIs, this rate of change was -0.1% in April 2020, the same as in March.
Listed shares issued by euro area residents
The market value of the outstanding amount of listed shares issued by euro area residents totalled EUR 6,971.3 billion at the end of April 2020. Compared with EUR 8,097.9 billion at the end of April 2019, this represents an annual decrease of -13.9% in the value of the stock of listed shares in April 2020, up from -17.0% in March.
Data for listed sharesAnnex
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Notes:
- Unless otherwise indicated, data relate to non-seasonally adjusted statistics. In addition to the developments for April 2020, this press 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 press 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 press release on euro area securities issues will be published on 10 July 2020.
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