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Euro area investment fund statistics: second quarter of 2021

In second quarter of 2021, outstanding amount of shares/units issued by investment funds other than money market funds rose to €15,181 billion, up €710 billion on previous quarter Net issues in quarter amounted to €243 billion, with €1,262 billion in gross issues and €1,019 billion in gross redemptions Outstanding amount of shares/units issued by money market funds fell to €1,341 […]

Euro area financial vehicle corporation statistics: second quarter of 2021

In second quarter of 2021 outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area FVCs engaged in securitisation rose to €1,607 billion, from €1,595 billion in previous quarter Net issuance of debt securities by FVCs during second quarter of 2021 amounted to €17 billion Euro area FVCs disposed €27 billion of securitised loans in second quarter of 2021, with outstanding […]

Euro money market statistics: fourth maintenance period 2021

Daily average borrowing turnover in the unsecured segment increased from €116 billion in the third maintenance period of 2021 to €117 billion in the fourth maintenance period of 2021 Weighted average overnight rate on borrowing transactions in the unsecured segment remained stable at -0.55% for the wholesale sector and increased mildly from -0.57% to -0.56% for the […]

Euro area monthly balance of payments: June 2021

Current account recorded €22 billion surplus in June 2021, up from €14 billion in previous month Current account surplus amounted to €316 billion (2.8% of euro area GDP) in 12 months to June 2021, up from €235 billion (2.0%) one year earlier In financial account, euro area residents’ net acquisitions of non-euro area portfolio investment securities totalled €953 […]

EMA starts evaluating use of RoActemra in hospitalised adults with severe COVID-19

EMA has started evaluating the anti-inflammatory medicine RoActemra (tocilizumab) to extend its use to include treatment of hospitalised adult patients with severe COVID-19 who are already receiving treatment with corticosteroids and require extra oxygen or mechanical ventilation (breathing assisted by a machine).