Virtual : Monetary and Financial Statistics - Advanced (MFS-A)
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- Session: JV 22.08V
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Dates: March 21-24, 2022 (1 week)
- Delivery method: Virtual Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Russian
- Status: Deadline passed
Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience: Central bank officials and officials from regulatory agencies responsible for compiling monetary statistics.
- Qualifications:
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics, or equivalent experience.
- Previous completion of the Monetary and Financial Statistics - Introductory (MFS-I) course in person or virtual is recommended.
Course description — scope and contents
- Basis: Course material is based on the Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual and Compilation Guide (MFSMCG).
- Orientation:
- Introduces the fundamentals of compiling monetary statistics, with special attention to other financial corporations (OFCs).
- Gives an overview of financial statistics and national accounts.
- Assumes participants already understand the main principles underlying the compilation of monetary statistics (e.g., having participated in the MFS-I course).
- Core topics:
- Characteristics of various OFCs (insurance corporations, pension funds, non-MMF investment funds, etc.).
- Typical balance sheet structure of OFCs and their role in the financial sector.
- Some aspects of financial statistics, dealing with financial flows and stocks of all sectors of the domestic economy and their interactions with the rest of the world.
- The balance sheet approach to vulnerability analysis.
- Relationships between monetary, balance of payments, government finance, and national accounts statistics.
- Methods and practical work:
- Lectures and case studies to familiarize participants with practical aspects of compiling monetary statistics for OFCs and basic principles underlying the compilation of national accounts.
- At the end of the course, participants are expected to make a short presentation on monetary statistics compilation issues in their own countries.
Course objectives
- Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Describe the role of OFCs in the financial sector and the related implications of data collection for monetary statistics purposes.
- Distinguish between different types of OFCs.
- Compile OFC monetary statistics according to IMF standardized report form 4 SR for OFCs.
- Apply the main principles of financial statistics and national accounts.
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