European Central Bank 22 October 2007, si0708 (Euro area securities issues statistics)

23 October 2007PRESS RELEASEEURO AREA SECURITIES ISSUES STATISTICS: AUGUST 2007The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area residents was 9.1% inAugust 2007, compared with 9.0% in July. For the outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro arearesidents, the annual growth rate was 1.4% in August 2007, compared with 1.5% in July.