Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts & Analysis (FPP.1x)

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Some knowledge of economics is helpful.
Basic Microsoft Excel skills are essential.
Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser is essential.

Target audience:
- All government officials are welcome to register.
- Particularly relevant for officials in ministries of finance, economy, planning and central banks who advise on or help implement macroeconomic and financial policies.
Course language availability:
- The course is offered in English, French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic.

Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.
Explains the basic skills required to conduct financial programming.
Describes the principal features of the accounts of the four main sectors that comprise the macroeconomy: real, fiscal, external, and monetary.
Explains how the accounts for each sector relate to each other.
For each sector, presents:
- the accounting framework,
- interpretations of variables and indicators from these accounts,
- basic analysis of the accounts.

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

Calculate economic variables using macroeconomic accounting principles.
Interpret the accounts of the real, fiscal, external, and monetary sectors that comprise the macroeconomy.
Describe the accounting and behavioral links between the macroeconomic accounts.
Analyze economic and financial developments of a case study country using a hands-on, Excel-based framework.