Securities issues by French residents 2023Q3
Published on 15 January 2024
Stable non-residents holdings in French long-term debt
- In the third quarter of 2023, net issues of French debt securities reached €72 billion. General government issued €46 billion and banks €16 billion.
- Non-resident investors purchased €65 billion in French debt securities. On the contrary, they sold €3 billion of quoted shares issued by French.
- At the end of September 2023, non-residents held 57.6% of long-term debt securities, after 57.4% at the end of June 2023. This near-stability affected all issuer sectors.
Graph 1 : Non-resident holdings of long-term debt (by resident issuer sector)
Graph 2 : Breakdown by holder sector of securities issued by residents (total debt and quoted shares) at the end of September 2023
Note : total may differ from 100% due to rounding.
This document is prepared by the General Directorate of Statistics, Economics and International of the Banque de France (Balance of Payments Directorate). Issuance data is based on issuers' reporting, while holding statistics is calculated using custodian account statements. Further information on custodian activities : Statistiques | Banque de France (banque-france.fr)
"Long-term" stands for securities with an original maturity of more than one year.
Data reported in this document can be revised following quarterly and annual corrections and supplements.
"Long-term" stands for securities with an original maturity of more than one year.
Data reported in this document can be revised following quarterly and annual corrections and supplements.
Table 1 : SECURITIES ISSUES BY SECTOR AND SHARE OF NON-RESIDENTS IN THEIR SUBSCRIPTION![]()
(Stocks and flows in billions of euros)
| Gross stock | Net issues | Transactions flows by non- residents |
Net issues | Transactions flows by non- residents |
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| Sep 2023 (end of month) | Annual aggregate | Q3 2023 | |||
| TOTAL | 7,790 | 363 | 291 | 64 | 61 |
| DEBT SECURITIES (1) | 5,118 | 372 | 299 | 72 | 65 |
| Non-financial corporations | 699 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 9 |
| General government (4) | 2,718 | 134 | 128 | 46 | 37 |
| of which short-term issues (4) | 194 | -6 | -8 | 1 | 12 |
| of which central government (4) | 2,426 | 158 | 149 | 47 | 37 |
| Banks (2) | 1,426 | 201 | 136 | 16 | 16 |
| of which guaranteed by restricted assets | 314 | 28 | 26 | 0 | 2 |
| of which short-term issues | 254 | 71 | 36 | -4 | 0 |
| Non-monetary institutions (3) | 275 | 33 | 16 | 4 | 2 |
| QUOTED SHARES (1) | 2,672 | -9 | -8 | -8 | -3 |
(1) The total outstanding amount of debt securities is expressed in nominal value. The total outstanding amount of equities is expressed in market value. Transaction flows are expressed in transaction value.
(2) Excluding internal financing operations of banking groups but including issues of financial companies (as defined in article L515-1, Code Monétaire et Financier).
(3) Non-monetary issuer institutions include insurance companies, securitization funds, debt funds, and investment firms.
(4) Total net and unconsolidated issuance (this measure cannot be compared with the overall outstanding amount of securities used for the calculation of national public debt as specified by the Maastricht criteria).
(2) Excluding internal financing operations of banking groups but including issues of financial companies (as defined in article L515-1, Code Monétaire et Financier).
(3) Non-monetary issuer institutions include insurance companies, securitization funds, debt funds, and investment firms.
(4) Total net and unconsolidated issuance (this measure cannot be compared with the overall outstanding amount of securities used for the calculation of national public debt as specified by the Maastricht criteria).
Table 2 : SECURITIES ISSUES BY FRENCH RESIDENTS IN THE EURO AREA![]()
(nominal values, stocks and flows in billions of euros)
| Gross stock (by euro area residents) | French residents (as % of euro area gross stock) | Cumulative gross issues over 4 quarters. Sept. 2023 (end of month) |
Share of French residents in the gross issues of euro area. 12 month moving aggregate flows |
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| Sept. 2023 (end of month) | France | Euro area | Sept. 2023 (end of month) | Sept. 2022 (end of month) | ||
| DEBT SECURITIES | 21,841 | 23% | 3,213 | 9,940 | 32% | 31% |
| Non-financial corporations | 1,659 | 42% | 385 | 811 | 47% | 46% |
| General government | 11,234 | 24% | 920 | 3,163 | 29% | 35% |
| Banks | 5,229 | 27% | 1,675 | 3,728 | 45% | 39% |
| of which short-term issues | 596 | 43% | 1,407 | 2,690 | 52% | 47% |
| Non-monetary institutions | 3,719 | 7% | 233 | 2,238 | 10% | 9% |
Source and calculations : GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF STATISTICS, ECONOMICS AND INTERNATIONAL
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