Training Program

Officials from ministries of finance, economy, and planning and central banks who advise on or help implement macroeconomic and financial policies.

Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or equivalent experience, and be proficient in the use of spreadsheets. It is strongly recommended that applicants complete the online FPP courses (FPP.1x and FFP.2x) before enrolling in this course. However, prerequisites may depend on the region-specific version of the FPP course being offered.

This course, presented by the IMF Institute for Capacity Development, explains how to diagnose macroeconomic imbalances and correct them through a coordinated set of adjustment policies. It covers the principal features of the four main macroeconomic sectors (real, fiscal, external, and monetary) and their interlinkages, highlighting both accounting and behavioral relationships and using data from a country case study.