Press Release - Euro Area Securities Issues Statistics: May 2016
• The annual rate of change of the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area
residents was -0.5% in May 2016, compared with -0.9% in April.
• For the outstanding amount of listed shares issued by euro area residents, the annual growth rate was 0.9% in May 2016, the same as in April.
• The annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by non-financial corporations increased from 4.1% in April 2016 to 6.0% in May.
Debt securities
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• For the outstanding amount of listed shares issued by euro area residents, the annual growth rate was 0.9% in May 2016, the same as in April.
• The annual growth rate of outstanding debt securities issued by non-financial corporations increased from 4.1% in April 2016 to 6.0% in May.
Debt securities
New issuance of debt securities by euro area residents totalled EUR 567.2 billion in May 2016.
Redemptions stood at EUR 460.5 billion and net issues amounted to EUR 117.1 billion.1 The annual rate of
change of outstanding debt securities issued by euro area residents was -0.5% in May 2016, compared
with -0.9% in April.
Breakdown by maturity
The annual rate of change of outstanding short-term debt securities was -6.8% in May 2016, compared with -8.4% in April. For long-term debt securities, the annual rate of change was 0.0% in May 2016, compared with -0.2% in April. The annual growth rate of outstanding fixed rate long-term debt securities was 2.6% in May 2016, compared with 2.4% in April. The annual rate of change of outstanding variable rate long-term debt securities was -9.5% in May 2016, compared with -9.8% in April.
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