Financial Soundness Indicators (FSI)

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Provides participants with an in-depth understanding of compilation and analysis of FSIs.
Emphasizes that researchers, analysts, and policymakers worldwide utilize these indicators to assess the health of financial systems.
States that the IMF uses FSIs as a key input in financial sector assessment and macro-financial surveillance.
Covers methodological and practical issues in the compilation of FSIs, as discussed in the 2019 Financial Soundness Indicators Compilation Guide.
Employs an interactive approach using hands-on exercises.

Preparation of the sectoral financial statements and compilation of FSIs for:
- deposit-takers,
- other financial corporations (OFCs),
- households,
- nonfinancial corporations (NFCs),
- real estate markets.
Regulatory framework for deposit-takers.
Accounting principles and consolidation basis for the compilation of FSIs for deposit-takers.
Metadata compilation and reporting.

Target audience:
- Officials from central banks and supervisory agencies of the financial sector involved in the compilation and analysis of financial soundness indicators (FSIs).
Qualifications:
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics, statistics, accounting or an equivalent degree.

Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:

Prepare the sectoral financial statements to compile FSIs for deposit-takers.
Identify the source data to compile FSIs for OFCs, NFCs, households, and real estate markets.
Apply various consolidation bases for FSIs compilation.
Interpret the analytical value of core and additional FSIs.
Evaluate the use of FSIs in financial sector surveillance and macro-financial analysis.
Prepare and interpret FSIs metadata.